The flesh of a chicken used for food.

synonyms: poulet, volaille.

Roget 129: infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus.    child, bairn [Scot.], little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling^†; elf.    youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker^†, callant^†, whipster^†, whippersnapper, whiffet [U.S.], schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master.    scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin, codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin^†; aurelia^†, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha^†, orphan, pupa, staddle^†.    girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; hoyden.    ... show more

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb creature; zoophyte.    [major divisions of animals] mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe.    [microscopic animals] microbe, animalcule etc. 193.    [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur (extinct); snake, serpent, viper, eft; asp, aspick^†.    [amphibians] frog, toad.    [fishes] trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel.    [insects] ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee.    [arthropods] tardigrade, spider.    [classification by number of feet] biped, quadruped; [web-footed animal] webfoot.    flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae [Lat.]; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock^†, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe.    [domesticated mammals] horse etc. (beast of burden) 271; cattle, kine^†, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin^†; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot^†; tag, teg^†; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat.    [dogs] dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie.    [cats--generally] feline, puss, pussy; grimalkin^†; gib cat, tom cat.    [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar^†.    [birds] bird; poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet^†, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl; feathered tribes, feathered songster; singing bird, dicky bird; canary, warbler; finch; aberdevine^†, cushat^†, cygnet, ringdove^†, siskin, swan, wood pigeon.    [undesirable animals] vermin, varmint [U.S.], pest.    ... show more

Polish: kurczak

A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl.

synonym: Gallus gallus.

Dutch: kip, poulet

A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.

synonyms: crybaby, wimp.

Dutch: kippenvlees, aansteller, lafaard, labbekak, angsthaas, bangebroek, bangerd, bangerik, bangeschijter, bloemzak, doetje, eitje, flauwerik, haasvreter, hazenhart, kakkebroek, mietje, schijtebroek, schijter, schijterd, schijthuis, schijtlaars, schijtlijster, schijtluis, slappeling, softie, sul, watje, zeikerd, zoetje, zwakkeling ... show more

A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops.

Easily frightened.

synonyms: chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied.