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Meaning of chicken out

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chicken

Pronunciation:/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn//ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/

noun

Definitions

  1. A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

  2. The meat from this bird eaten as food.

  3. The young of any bird; a chick.

  4. A coward.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Cowardly.

    Example: Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chicken

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