chicken
/ˈtʃɪkɪn/noun
उच्चारण चिकिन
मुर्गी, मुर्गा; डरपोक
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Asked in previous papers
as idiom, phrasal verb
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[C, U]
a large bird that is often kept for its eggs or meat; meat from a chicken; (informal) a person who is not brave
मुर्गी, मुर्गा; डरपोक
- chicken curry
- Don't be a chicken!
- We bought a whole chicken from the market for Sunday lunch.
+ 2 more examples
- Chickens were running around the yard, looking for grain.
- Don't be a chicken; just jump into the pool!
Synonyms hen fowl poultry coward scaredy-cat
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[I] ~ out (of sth) informal
to decide not to do something because you are afraid
डरकर पीछे हटना
- He chickened out of the debate.
- Two of the contestants chickened out before the final round.
- Rohan chickened out at the last moment and did not go on stage.
+ 2 more examples
- I was going to ask her, but I chickened out.
- Don't chicken out now; we've come so far.
Synonyms back out pull out lose your nerve withdraw
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
chicken (countable) / chicken (uncountable)
A chicken is a bird and is countable; chicken as meat is uncountable and has no plural.
'A chicken' पक्षी है और countable है; मांस के अर्थ में 'chicken' uncountable है और उसका plural नहीं होता।
- The farmer keeps ten chickens.
- We had chicken for lunch.
chicken out (of sth / doing sth)
Chicken out is informal and means to lose courage and not do something you planned.
'Chicken out' अनौपचारिक है और इसका अर्थ साहस खोकर योजना के अनुसार काम न करना है।
- Radhika chickened out of the stage show at the last minute.
- He chickened out of asking the question.
be chicken / play chicken (informal)
Be chicken means to be cowardly; play chicken is a dangerous game of daring someone to give way first.
'Be chicken' का अर्थ डरपोक होना है; 'play chicken' एक ख़तरनाक खेल है जिसमें हर कोई चाहता है कि दूसरा पहले रास्ता छोड़े।
- Don't be chicken, just say yes.
- The two drivers played chicken on the highway.
chicken + noun (curry, soup, pox, feed)
As a modifier, chicken forms many food and disease words; chickenpox is written as one word.
Modifier के रूप में 'chicken' कई भोजन और रोग संबंधी शब्द बनाता है; 'chickenpox' एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है।
- He had chickenpox just before the exams.
count your chickens (proverb)
The proverb advises not to count your chickens before they hatch, meaning do not assume success too early.
यह कहावत सलाह देती है कि अंडों से चूज़े निकलने से पहले उन्हें मत गिनो, अर्थात् सफलता का अनुमान बहुत पहले मत लगाओ।
- Do not count your chickens before they hatch; wait for the result.
+Collocations 4
adjective + chicken
roastfriedgrilledfree-rangetandoori
- The restaurant is famous for its tandoori chicken.
verb + chicken
cookroastmarinaterearfry
- Marinate the chicken for two hours before cooking.
chicken + noun
curryfarmwingpoxsoup
- Chicken soup helps when you have a cold.
idiom with chicken
chicken outplay chickenno spring chickenrun like a headless chicken
- She is no spring chicken, but she still runs every day.
“More examples 5
- The chickens were let out of the coop at sunrise.
सूर्योदय के समय मुर्गियों को दड़बे से बाहर छोड़ा गया।
- My mother cooks chicken only on Sundays.
मेरी माँ चिकन केवल रविवार को पकाती हैं।
- He wanted to jump into the river but chickened out.
वह नदी में कूदना चाहता था, पर डरकर पीछे हट गया।
- The village women sell eggs and chickens at the weekly market.
गाँव की महिलाएँ साप्ताहिक बाज़ार में अंडे और मुर्गियाँ बेचती हैं।
- Everybody called him chicken because he was afraid of the dark.
सब उसे डरपोक कहते थे क्योंकि वह अँधेरे से डरता था।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ We bought one kilo chickens from the market.
✓ We bought one kilo of chicken from the market.
Chicken as meat is uncountable; a weight needs of and the singular form.
मांस के अर्थ में 'chicken' uncountable है; वज़न के साथ 'of' और singular रूप आता है।
✗ He chickened out to ask the principal.
✓ He chickened out of asking the principal.
Chicken out is followed by of plus an -ing form.
'Chicken out' के बाद 'of' और -ing रूप आता है।
✗ Chickens is cheaper than mutton.
✓ Chicken is cheaper than mutton.
The meat noun is uncountable and takes a singular verb with no plural s.
मांस वाला noun uncountable है और singular verb लेता है; उसमें plural 's' नहीं जुड़ता।
¶Idioms 2
a chicken-and-egg situation/problem
a situation in which it is difficult to tell which one of two things was the cause of the other
पहले मुर्ग़ी या पहले अंडा जैसी स्थिति
- It's a chicken-and-egg situation: you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience.
- Poverty and illiteracy are a chicken-and-egg problem.
the chickens come home to roost
(saying) used to say that if sb says or does bad things, these will affect them badly in the future
किए का फल भुगतना पड़ता है
- He cheated his partners, and now the chickens have come home to roost.
- Years of bad planning — the chickens are coming home to roost.
→Phrasal verbs 1
chicken out
to decide not to do something because you are afraid
डर के मारे पीछे हट जाना, हिम्मत हार जाना
- He was going to ask her a question but chickened out at the last minute.
- She chickened out of the bungee jump.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the cowardly words: chicken, coward, yellow (informal), faint-hearted, timid.
डरपोक के शब्द याद रखिए: chicken, coward, yellow (अनौपचारिक), faint-hearted, timid।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: chicken (adjective) means cowardly ('Don't be chicken').
प्रयोग में chicken (adjective) का अर्थ डरपोक है ('Don't be chicken')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched (do not be too confident about something before it has happened), chicken-and-egg situation (where you cannot say which of two things caused the other), chicken out (decide not to do something because of fear), play chicken (do something dangerous to see who is braver), the chickens come home to roost (bad actions in the past cause problems now).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: don't count your chickens before they are hatched (कुछ होने से पहले उसके बारे में बहुत आश्वस्त न हों, शेख़चिल्ली के सपने न देखें), chicken-and-egg situation (जहाँ न कह सकें कि दो में से किसने दूसरे को जन्म दिया), chicken out (डर से कुछ न करने का निर्णय, पीछे हटना), play chicken (कौन अधिक बहादुर है यह देखने के लिए खतरनाक काम करना), the chickens come home to roost (अतीत के बुरे कर्मों से अब समस्याएँ होना, करनी का फल)।