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chickened

chickened is the simple past and past participle of chicken.

Meaning of chicken

Verb

chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)

  1. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
    • For the umpteenth time, I chickened.1964, Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →OCLC, page 31

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Phrases with chickened

Questions about chickened

What is chickened the simple past and past participle of?
Chickened is the simple past and past participle of chicken.

Words near chickened in the dictionary

  1. chickenburgers
  2. chickencoop
  3. chickencoops
  4. chickeneater
  5. chickeneaters
  6. chickened
  7. chickened out
  8. chickenelly
  9. chickenfeed
  10. chickenfeeds
  11. chickenfucker

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