Sunglasses vs Chicken - What's the difference?
sunglasses | chicken |
Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun.
(colloquial) A person wearing sunglasses
* 2011 , - (We Are Young)
(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:
* 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 (, the loser.)
The game of dare.
To avoid as a result of fear.
To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
As nouns the difference between sunglasses and chicken
is that sunglasses is tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun while chicken is a domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.As an adjective chicken is
cowardly.As a verb chicken is
to avoid as a result of fear.As a proper noun Chicken is
a CDP in Alaska.sunglasses
English
Alternative forms
* sun-glassesNoun
(en-plural noun)- My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar
Synonyms
* shades (slang) * sunnies (Australian slang)chicken
English
(wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)Noun
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
- Stella is no chicken .
- Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.