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act chicken

act chicken verb: to behave timidly, reluctantly, or afraid, especially when confronted with something new or unfamiliar.

Verb

act chicken (third-person singular simple present acts chicken, present participle acting chicken, simple past and past participle acted chicken)

  1. To behave timidly, reluctantly, or afraid, especially when confronted with something new or unfamiliar
    • Don't act chicken when the Principal walks through the door.

Forms of act chicken

third-person singular presentacts chicken
present participleacting chicken
past participleacted chicken
pastacted chicken

Questions about act chicken

What does act chicken mean?
Act chicken means to behave timidly, reluctantly, or afraid, especially when confronted with something new or unfamiliar.
What part of speech is act chicken?
Act chicken is a verb.
What is the past tense of act chicken?
The past tense of act chicken is acted chicken.

Words near act chicken in the dictionary

  1. acs
  2. ACSI
  3. ACSM
  4. act
  5. act a fool
  6. act chicken
  7. act curtain
  8. act curtains
  9. act of adjournal
  10. act of Congress
  11. act of darkness

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