(countable) A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young.

(informal) Cowardly.

(intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

(UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

A young turkey.

A young bird. / A young chicken. / (dated, endearing) A young child. / (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl.

(obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate. / To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

(India, Pakistan) A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae. / Affectionate term of address.

An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods. / A seed of this plant, often used as a food.