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Is chicken a verb

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9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

No, it is usually a noun (a domesticated bird raised for food, or its meat). However,in informal slang there is an idiomatic form "chicken out" that is a verb. It means to act in a cowardly manner, typically by refusing a challenge or dare.

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