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Chickenshit

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.) slang, vulgar
  2. 2
    Cowardly. slang, vulgar

    "How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing."

Noun
  1. 1
    A petty and contemptible thing or things. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "Don't waste your time on that chickenshit."

  2. 2
    a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear wordnet
  3. 3
    A coward. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit."

  4. 4
    A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet. countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny."

  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From chicken + shit.

Etymology 2

From chicken + shit.

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