chicken
chicken
englantiyhteys|eläintiede|k=en kana
yhteys|keittiö broileri
lapsukainen
nulikka
kuva pelkuri
Liittyvät sanat: poussin
Synonyymisanakirja
chicken
siipikarja, kanalintu, kana, Gallus gallus, kananpoika, tipu, untuvikko, linnunpoika, nuorikko, kukko, kapuuni, salvukukko, syöttökukko, kananen.
Rimmaavat sanat
chicken rimmaa näiden kanssa:
ken, ehken, iän kaiken, iankaiken, kesken, kahden kesken, äsken...
Englannin sanakirja
chicken (englanti > suomi)
chicken englanniksi
puhekieltä A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young
puhekieltä The meat from this bird eaten as food.
puhekieltä A coward.
puhekieltä A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Compare chickenhawk
puhekieltä A young or inexperienced person.
1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, III:
Jonathan Swift
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 (i.e., the loser.)
Dont play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.''
The game of dare.
puhekieltä (l)
Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess youre just too chicken.''
(rfv-sens) puhekieltä To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
puhekieltä To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
*1964. https://books.google.com/books?id=uhL4AHsb8VEC&q=%22chickened%22+-%22chickened+out%22&dq=%22chickened%22+-%22chickened+out%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBzgKahUKEwj_-5fn3pjJAhWIaT4KHfo_CSs Anyone Got a Match?. Max Shulman. Pg. 31.
*1968. https://books.google.com/books?id=EDpYANpo4CAC&pg=PA82&dq=%22chickened%22+-%22chickened+out%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEwQ6AEwCGoVChMIvKn1296YyQIVQzo-Ch2x1A_Ov=onepage&q=%22chickened%22%20-%22chickened%20out%22&f=false The Chicken Run: A Play for Young People. Aidan Chambers. Pg. 81.
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