hen

About 3.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
2. noun A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.
3. noun A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.
4. noun A woman. A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
5. noun A bride-to-be, particularly in the context of a hen night.
6. noun A hen night.
7. noun An affectionate term of address used to women or girls.

   Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.

8. noun The penis of a trans woman.

Similar words

biddy poultry fowl chick nest partlet broody chicken clucker goose

Often followed by

the and is i in house to a with

Word family

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