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chicken skin

chicken skin noun: goose bumps, sensation of raised skin caused by excitement etc.

Noun (1)

chicken skin (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) goose bumps, sensation of raised skin caused by excitement etc.

Noun (2)

chicken skin (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Skin afflicted with keratosis pilaris.

Origin of chicken skin

Calque of Chinese 雞皮 /鸡皮 (jīpí).

Questions about chicken skin

What does chicken skin mean?
Chicken skin means goose bumps, sensation of raised skin caused by excitement etc.
What part of speech is chicken skin?
Chicken skin is a noun.

Words near chicken skin in the dictionary

  1. chicken shells
  2. chicken shop
  3. chicken shops
  4. chicken sickle
  5. chicken sickles
  6. chicken skin
  7. chicken snake
  8. chicken snakes
  9. chicken soup
  10. chicken soups
  11. chicken spike

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