| chicken | | |
| n. (food) | 1. chicken, poulet, volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food. |
| ~ gallus gallus, chicken | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. |
| ~ poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food. |
| ~ broiler | flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling. |
| ~ capon | flesh of a castrated male chicken. |
| ~ frier, fryer, pullet | flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying. |
| ~ roaster | flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting. |
| ~ spatchcock | flesh of a chicken (or game bird) split down the back and grilled (usually immediately after being killed). |
| ~ hen | flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing. |
| ~ white meat, breast | meat carved from the breast of a fowl. |
| ~ chicken wing | the wing of a chicken. |
| n. (animal) | 2. chicken, gallus gallus | a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. |
| ~ domestic fowl, fowl, poultry | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. |
| ~ chick, biddy | young bird especially of domestic fowl. |
| ~ rooster, cock | adult male chicken. |
| ~ capon | castrated male chicken. |
| ~ biddy, hen | adult female chicken. |
| ~ spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat. |
| ~ rhode island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken. |
| ~ dominick, dominique | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs. |
| ~ orpington | English breed of large chickens with white skin. |
| ~ chicken, poulet, volaille | the flesh of a chicken used for food. |
| n. (person) | 3. chicken, crybaby, wimp | a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. |
| ~ doormat, weakling, wuss | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual. |
| n. (event) | 4. chicken | a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| adj. | 5. chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied | easily frightened. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ cowardly, fearful | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then" |
| coward | | |
| n. (person) | 1. coward | a person who shows fear or timidity. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ cur | a cowardly and despicable person. |
| ~ dastard | a despicable coward. |
| ~ craven, poltroon, recreant | an abject coward. |
| ~ trembler, quaker | one who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear. |
| ~ shrinking violet, shy person | someone who shrinks from familiarity with others. |
| ~ milksop, milquetoast, pantywaist, sissy, pansy | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. |
| ~ hesitater, hesitator, vacillator, waverer | one who hesitates (usually out of fear). |
| n. (person) | 2. coward, noel coward, sir noel pierce coward | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973). |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| ~ composer | someone who composes music as a profession. |
| ~ dramatist, playwright | someone who writes plays. |
| wimp | | |
| n. (object) | 1. weakly interacting massive particle, wimp | a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ acronym | a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name. |
| ~ elementary particle, fundamental particle | (physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter. |
| ~ dark matter | (cosmology) a hypothetical form of matter that is believed to make up 90 percent of the universe; it is invisible (does not absorb or emit light) and does not collide with atomic particles but exerts gravitational force. |
| cop out | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. cop out, opt out | choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing.; "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider" |
| ~ opt, choose, prefer | select as an alternative over another.; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" |
| frighten | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ bluff | frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is. |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ awe | inspire awe in.; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" |
| ~ dread, fear | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of.; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!" |
| ~ terrify, terrorise, terrorize | fill with terror; frighten greatly. |
| ~ intimidate | make timid or fearful.; "Her boss intimidates her" |
| ~ alarm, horrify, appal, appall, dismay | fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" |
| ~ consternate | fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion.; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" |
| ~ spook | frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action.; "The noise spooked the horse" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. frighten | drive out by frightening. |
| ~ chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
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