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chicken /'tʃikin/

• danh từ
  • gà con; gà giò
  • thịt gà giò
  • (nghĩa bóng) trẻ nhỏ, bé con
    • he is no chicken: nó không còn là trẻ nhỏ nữa
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) người đàn bà trẻ ngây thơ; cô gái ngây thơ
  • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) máy bay khu trục
  • to count one's chickens before they are hatched
    • (tục ngữ) chưa đẻ đã đặt tên
  • mother carey's chicken
    • chim hải âu nhỏ
  • that's their chicken
    • đó là công việc của họ

noun, verb, adjective
+ noun
1 [C] a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat: They keep chickens in the back yard. + free-range chickens
Compare: COCK, HEN
2 [U] meat from a chicken: fried / roast chicken + chicken stock / soup + chicken breasts / livers / thighs + chicken and chips
See also - SPRING CHICKEN
Idioms: a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc. a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other
more at COUNT v., HEADLESS, HOME adv.
verb
Phrasal Verbs: chicken out (of sth / of doing sth) (informal) to decide not to do sth because you are afraid: You're not going to chicken out, are you? + Kim put my name down for a sponsored parachute jump but I chickened out at the last moment.
+ adjective [not before noun] (informal) not brave; afraid to do sth
Synonym: COWARDLY