chicken vs pusillanimous

chicken

adj
  • Cowardly. 

verb
  • To avoid a situation one is afraid of. 

noun
  • A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated. 

  • A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young. 

  • A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk. 

  • A coward. 

  • A kilogram of cocaine. 

  • The meat from this bird eaten as food. 

  • The game of dare. 

  • A young or inexperienced person. 

  • 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 (that is, the loser). 

pusillanimous

adj
  • Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity. 

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