CHICKENSHIT meaning: Petty, trivial behavior or tasks

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word chickenshit:

General (18 matching dictionaries)

chickenshit: Merriam-Webster
chickenshit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
chickenshit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
chickenshit: Collins English Dictionary
chickenshit: Vocabulary.com
chickenshit: Wordnik
chickenshit: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
chickenshit: Wiktionary
chickenshit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
chickenshit: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
chickenshit: Infoplease Dictionary
chickenshit: Dictionary.com
chickenshit: Rhymezone
chickenshit: FreeDictionary.org
chickenshit: Mnemonic Dictionary
chickenshit: TheFreeDictionary.com
chickenshit: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

chickenshit, chickenshit, chickenshit, chickenshit: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
▸ adjective:  (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.
▸ noun:  (slang, vulgar) A petty and contemptible thing or things.
▸ noun:  (slang, vulgar) A coward.
▸ noun:  (vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

Similar:

shithead, asshat, dumbass, scumbag, bullshit, asshole, moron, stupid, shit, slimeball, more...

Opposite:

brave, courageous, bold, heroic, dauntless

Types:

cowardly, spineless, gutless, wimpy, yellow-bellied, more...

Colors:

yellow, brown, beige, tan, khaki, more...

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