chicking
chicking is the pronunciation spelling of chicken.
chicking is the present participle and gerund of chick.
Meaning of chicken
Noun
chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)
- A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- backyard chickens
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- boneless chicken
- The young of any bird; a chick.
- There they are – four ugly little chickens, a bit more than half-feathered, and all gaping mouths and bare bellies.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 220
- A coward.
- 'Why, what a chicken you are! You are not afraid of being robbed; are you?' said Jonas.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 28, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- pullet, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail
- A young or inexperienced person.
- Purſue your trade of ſcandal-picking,
Your hints, that Stella is no chicken:
Your innuendos, when you tell us,
That Stella loves to talk with fellows; […]1752, Jonathan Swift, “Stella's Birth-day, 1720”, in The Works of D. Jonathan Swift. In Nine Volumes. The Seventh Edition, to which is Prefixed, the Doctor's Life, with Remarks on His Writings, from...
- Synonyms:
- spring chicken
- Purſue your trade of ſcandal-picking,
- A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- Europe's Favorite Gay Newspaper has something for you! Handsome studs, Tender Chicken, and lots of Male Nudes!1976 April 10, “Classified advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 19
- Synonyms:
- twink
Meaning of chick
Verb
chick (third-person singular simple present chicks, present participle chicking, simple past and past participle chicked)
- To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
- plowing in his oats with a very feet furrow; and, after they have “chicked” but before they appear aboveground1795, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Norfolk
- To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
- He chicked his lips; he cracked his whip; he winked with a knowing leer; he ran down the alley and up the stair, then down the stair and up the alley1844, James Ballantine, The Miller of Deanhaugh
Forms of chicking
| plural | chickings |
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Questions about chicking
- What is chicking the pronunciation spelling of?
- Chicking is the pronunciation spelling of chicken.
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