noun A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
backyard chickens
noun The meat from this bird eaten as food.
boneless chicken
noun The young of any bird; a chick.
noun A coward.
noun A young or inexperienced person.
noun A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
noun The game of dare.
Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
noun A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser).
Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.