chicken-hearted
11chicken hearted — adj. (Slang) not brave; cowardly; missing courage; fearful …
12chicken-hearted — also chickenlivered adjective not brave; cowardly …
13chicken-hearted — chick′en heart ed adj. inf fearful; cowardly • Etymology: 1675–85, amer …
14chicken-hearted — /tʃɪkən ˈhatəd/ (say chikuhn hahtuhd) adjective timid; cowardly …
15chicken — (n.) O.E. cicen young fowl, which in M.E. came to mean young chicken, then any chicken, from W.Gmc. *kiukinam (Cf. M.Du. kiekijen, Du. kieken, O.N. kjuklingr, Swed. kyckling, Ger. Küken chicken ), from root *keuk (echoic of the bird s sound and… …
16chicken — This can be used affectionately, to a girl, or insultingly, normally to a man. ‘How would you like that, chicken?’ is a mother addressing her daughter in Mariana, by Monica Dickens. There is a comparable use in Resolve This Day, by Geoffrey… …
17chicken — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a domestic fowl prepared as food. b its flesh. 3 a youthful person (usu.with neg. : is no chicken). 4 colloq. a children s pastime testing courage, usu. recklessly.… …
18chicken — [OE] Chicken is a widespread Germanic word (Dutch has kuiken, for instance, and Danish kylling), whose ancestor has been reconstructed as *kiukīnam. This was formed, with a diminutive suffix, on a base *keuk , which some have claimed is a variant …
19chicken — [OE] Chicken is a widespread Germanic word (Dutch has kuiken, for instance, and Danish kylling), whose ancestor has been reconstructed as *kiukīnam. This was formed, with a diminutive suffix, on a base *keuk , which some have claimed is a variant …
20chicken-livered — {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Easily scared; cowardly. * /Joe sure is a chicken livered guy./ See: CHICKEN HEARTED …
