1. n. A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
2. n. The meat from this bird eaten as food.
3. n. (slang) A coward.
4. n. (slang) A young or inexperienced person.
5. n. (Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
6. n. The game of dare.
7. n. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid col
Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
8. n. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
9. adj. (informal) Cowardly.
Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.
10. v. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
