Meaning

noun the flesh of a chicken used for food

noun a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

noun a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn? Proto-Germanic *kukkīną? Old English ċicen Middle English chiken English chicken From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West…

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