English Explanatory Dictionary

chicken run

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
  2. The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

chicken run chicken runs

Synonyms

chicken pen chickenyard chookyard
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