chicken

Adjective

• easily frightened

Noun

• a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

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

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

• the flesh of a chicken used for food

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chickenhearted , lily-livered , white-livered , yellow , yellow-bellied , wimp , crybaby , Gallus gallus , poulet , volaille