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English

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ch?k'?n, IPA^(key): /?t???k?n/
• Rhymes: -?k?n, -?k?n
• Hyphenation: chick?en

Etymology 1

From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ?icen, ?ycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiuk?n (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukk?n, equivalent to cock +? -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).

Noun

chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)

1. (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
   • 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:

     Some chickens lay eggs almost every day. […] Chickens are kept for their meat, too.

2. (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
   • 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:

     Before cooking chicken, or other poultry, rinse with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.

3. (archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
4. (countable, slang) A coward.
   • 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:

     Usually, I had no problem approaching girls, but this one was different. I went home and berated myself for being such a chicken.

   • (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
5. (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
   • 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:

     "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."

6. (countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
7. The game of dare.
   1. 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).

8. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

Synonyms

• (bird): biddy, chook (Australia, NZ)
• (coward): see Thesaurus:coward
• (young inexperienced person): spring chicken
• (young, attractive, slim man): twink

Hyponyms

• (bird): cock, cockerel, rooster (male), hen (female), chick (young), broiler (suitable as food)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Chicken
• ? Irish: sicín
• ? Japanese: ??? (chikin)
• ? Korean: ?? (chikin)

Translations

See also

• egg
• poultry
• ????

Adjective

chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)

1. (informal) Cowardly.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly, Thesaurus:afraid

Derived terms

• chicken out

Etymology 2

Shortening of chicken out.

Verb

chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)

1. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

Etymology 3

From chick +? -en (plural ending).

Noun

chicken

1. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

Further reading

• chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (gay slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• chicken (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• check in, check-in, checkin', in check

Scots

Etymology

From English chicken.

Noun

chicken (plural chickens)

1. chicken

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?lf?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English dolfin, from Old French daulphin, dalphin, daufin, from Latin delph?nus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (delphís), from ?????? (delphús, “womb”). Compare Swedish delfin. Doublet of dauphin. Displaced native mereswine (“dolphin or porpoise”), from Old English meresw?n (literally “sea pig”).

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. A carnivorous aquatic mammal in one of several families of order Cetacea, famed for its intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans.

   Synonyms: mereswine, sea goose, sea pig

2. A fish, the mahi-mahi or dorado, Coryphaena hippurus, with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
3. (heraldry) A depiction of a fish, with a broad indented fin, usually embowed.
4. The dauphin, eldest son of the kings of France.
5. (historical) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped through the deck and the hull of an enemy's vessel to sink it.
6. (nautical) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
7. (nautical) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
8. A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
9. A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)

10. (military, obsolete) One of the handles above the trunnions by which a gun was lifted.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• killer whale
• mereswine
• pod
• porpoise
• sea lion
• seal
• whale

Etymology 2

Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.

Noun

dolphin (plural dolphins)

1. (nautical) A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• pinhold