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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • cowardly

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Noun:

  • 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 loser.
  • countable|slang A coward.
  • countable|slang A young person of either sex.
  • countable A domestic fowl, ''Gallus gallus'', especially when young
  • gay slang A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
  • uncountable The meat from this bird eaten as food.

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Verb:

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

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