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chicken-necked

chicken-necked is the simple past and past participle of chicken-neck.

Meaning of chicken-neck

Verb

chicken-neck (third-person singular simple present chicken-necks, present participle chicken-necking, simple past and past participle chicken-necked)

  1. To catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.
    • There are many other ways of catching crabs, including chicken-necking (a sure sign of a come-here), and traps or pots.1997, William H. Turner, Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy, page 189

Questions about chicken-necked

What is chicken-necked the simple past and past participle of?
Chicken-necked is the simple past and past participle of chicken-neck.

Words near chicken-necked in the dictionary

  1. chicken-houses
  2. chicken-in-a-basket circuit
  3. chicken-liver
  4. chicken-livered
  5. chicken-neck
  6. chicken-necked
  7. chicken-necking
  8. chicken-necks
  9. chicken-or-egg question
  10. chicken-or-egg questions
  11. chicken-pox

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