English Explanatory Dictionary

chickenshit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
  2. Cowardly.
noun
  1. A petty and contemptible thing or things.
  2. A coward.
  3. A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.

Pronunciation

En-au-chickenshit.ogg

Word forms

chickenshit more chickenshit most chickenshit chicken-shit chicken shit chickenshits

Etymology

From chicken + shit.

Synonyms

chicken pussy wuss shithouse crap bullcrap bullshit junk trash dogshit Irish bull horseshit shit coward
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