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chicken | doggy |

As a proper noun chicken

is a cdp in alaska.

As a noun doggy is

(childish|or|endearing) a dog, especially a small one.

As an adjective doggy is

suggesting of, or in the manner of a dog.

chicken

English

(wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)

Noun

  • (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus , especially when young
  • (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
  • (countable, slang) A coward.
  • (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Compare chickenhawk
  • (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
  • * 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , III:
    • "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Stella is no chicken .
  • 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 (, the loser.)
    • Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
  • The game of dare.

    • Synonyms

    * (bird) cock (male only), chook , hen (female only), rooster (male only) * (coward) * twink * (young inexperienced person) spring chicken * See also

    Derived terms

    * chicken and egg * chicken feed * chicken fillet * chickenhawk * chicken Kiev * chickenpox * chicken salt * chickenshit * like a chicken with its head cut off * like a chicken with the pip * play chicken * run around like a chicken with its head cut off * spring chicken

    Related terms

    * chick

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • cowardly

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To avoid as a result of fear.
  • To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.

    • Derived terms

    * chicken out * chicken legs

    See also

    * egg * poultry * cockerel * hen

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en 1000 English basic words

    doggy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * doggie

    Noun

    (doggies)
  • (childish, or, endearing) A dog, especially a small one.
    • That's such a cute little doggy , Keira!
  • doggy style
    • Her favourite position is doggy .

    Synonyms

    * (small dog) pup, puppy, puppy dog, pooch, poochie

    Related terms

    * doggy bag * doggy paddle * doggy style

    See also

    * dogie

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Suggesting of, or in the manner of a dog.