chicken >> /ˈtʃɪkən/
Definition: [noun] A domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.
Example: rationing was still in force and most people kept chickens
Definition: [noun] A cowardly person; a coward.
Definition: [intransitive verb] Withdraw from or fail in something through lack of nerve.
Definition: [adjective] Cowardly.