different between mutiny vs chickenshit

English

Etymology

From Middle French mutiner

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mju.t?.ni/, /?mjut.ni/ (syncope)
• enPR: myo?o?t?-n?, myo?ot?n?

Noun

mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)

1. An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.

Related terms

• mutineer
• mutinous

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Verb

mutiny (third-person singular simple present mutinies, present participle mutinying, simple past and past participle mutinied)

1. (intransitive) To commit mutiny.

   The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

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Further reading

• Mutiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mutiny in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• munity

English

Alternative forms

• chicken-shit, chicken shit

Etymology

chicken +? shit

Pronunciation

Adjective

chickenshit (comparative more chickenshit, superlative most chickenshit)

1. (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
2. (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.

   How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.

Noun

chickenshit (countable and uncountable, plural chickenshits)

1. (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible thing(s).

   Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.

2. (slang, vulgar) A coward.

   I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.

3. (vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

   That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.

Synonyms

• (coward): coward; (slang:) chicken, pussy, wuss, shithouse
• (petty or contemptible thing): (mostly vulgar:) shit, crap, bullcrap, bullshit, junk, trash, dogshit, Irish bull, horseshit

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