• CHIBBOLE
n. 1896 Amer. dial. – a scallion
• CHIBIDIS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• CHIC
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• CHICAGO ATOMIZER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – an automatic rifle
• CHICAGO BANJO
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO BLOTTER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO CHATTERBOX
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO CHOPPER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO COFFEE-GRINDER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO GREEN
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – a variety of marijuana
• CHICAGO GRIND-ORGAN
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO MOWING-MACHINE
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO PINEAPPLE
n. 20C Amer. sl. – a small bomb or grenade
• CHICAGO RIVETER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO TOMMY
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO TYPEWRITER
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICAGO VIOLIN
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• CHICHARRA
n. 1892 Amer. dial. – a cicada
• CHI-CHI
adj. 1. 20C Amer. sl. – smart, stylish; pretentious, affected; fancy
adj. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – pert. to a homosexual male
n. 1. a1965 US sl., esp. military in Far East – a woman’s breast
n. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – something or someone stylish or fancy; fanciness, stylishness
• CHI-CHI-CHI!
int. 1967 Amer. dial. – a call to chickens
• CHICK
n. 1. 1899 sl., orig. US – a young woman or girl; a sexually attractive young woman
n. 2. 20C Amer. criminals’ sl. – prison food
• CHICKABIDDY
int. 1967 Amer. dial. – a call to chickens
n. 1. 1848 – a loved one, esp. a child; a term of endearment to a child
n. 2. 1848 Amer. dial. – an immature chicken
n. 3. 1930 Amer. dial. – a hen
• CHICKADEE
n. 1. 1860 Amer. dial. – a loved one; a sweetheart; a child; a term of endearment
n. 2. 1956 Amer. dial. – in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road
► CHICK-A-DIDDLE n. 1. a child’s name for a chicken → 1826
n. 2. a term of endearment addressed to children → 19C
• CHICKAREE
n. 1825 Amer. dial. – a red squirrel
• CHICK-CHASER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a philanderer
• CHICKEE
n. 1910s sl., orig. Aust. – a young woman
• CHICKEN
adj. 1. 1933 orig. US – afraid, cowardly
adj. 2. 20C US sl. – strictly conventional in conduct; following rules too closely, esp. Army; misusing authority; petty, mean
adj. 3. 20C US sl. – underhanded, sneaky; thoughtless or inconsiderate
n. 1. a1400 – a child
n. 2. 1853 Amer. dial. – a fellow, a guy
n. 3. 1888 Amer. dial. – a young sailor or soldier; a novice
n. 4. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. – embroidery
n. 5. c1900 Amer. sl. – an attractive young woman
n. 6. 1915 Amer. dial. – a woman of questionable morals, one of doubtful virtue
n. 7. 1936 sl. – a coward
n. 8. 1940s US sl., orig. military – an excessive show of authority; unnecessary discipline or regimentation, in either military or civilian life
n. 9. 1943 African-American college sl. – a foolish or sheepish grin
n. 10. World War II US sl. – insignia of a US Army colonel or a US Navy captain: used disparagingly
n. 11. 1950 Amer. dial. – a soft roll of fuzz or dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture
n. 12. 1950 Amer. dial. – a young woman; a sweetheart
n. 13. 1988 sl. – a young inexperienced male prostitute
n. 14. 20C US sl. – a young and puny or innocent Army or US Navy inductee
n. 15. 20C US sl. – small tasks or duties that are boring or perhaps unnecessary
n. 16. 20C US sl. – testiness in discourse or behaviour
• CHICKEN ASSHOLE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the navel
• CHICKEN BERRY
n. World War II Amer. sl. – an egg
• CHICKEN BONE
n. 1844 Amer. dial. – a wishbone
• CHICKENBONE SPECIAL
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a branch railroad that’s not very important or gives poor service
• CHICKENBRAIN
n. 1922 US sl. – a fool
• CHICKEN-BUTCHER
n. 1. L18 sl. – a poulterer
n. 2. L18 sl. – one who shoots very young game
n. 3. 1930 US sl., esp. college usage – a man usually successfully with women; a womanizer
• CHICKEN BUTT
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the navel
phr. 1960s African-American sl. – used in response to ‘what’s up?’, nothing, no matter, forget it
• CHICKEN-CHASING
n. 2000s US sl. – pursuing underage boys
• CHICKEN-COCK
n. 1. 1859 Amer. dial. – a rooster
n. 2. 1920s African-American sl. – bootleg bourbon
• CHICKEN COLONEL
n. 1918 US sl. – a US officer of the rank of full colonel
• CHICKEN COOP
n. 1. 1900s US sl. – any small place
n. 2. 1940s US criminals’ sl. – a women’s prison
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial. – a police car or patrol wagon
n. 4. 1970 sl. – an outdoor toilet
n. 5. 1970s US homosexual sl. – any place that is full of young men
• CHICKEN CORN
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – money
• CHICKEN-CRAP
adj. 1940s sl., orig. US – insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality
• CHICKEN CROW
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – dawn, early morning
• CHICKEN CROWING TIME
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – dawn, early morning
• CHICKEN-DROWNDER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a very heavy rain, a downpour
• CHICKEN-EATER
n. 1. 1954 Amer. dial. esp. African-American usage – a preacher
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a Methodist
• CHICKEN-EATING
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – Methodist
• CHICKEN-EYED
adj. 1970 Amer. dial. – having very round eyes
• CHICKEN FANCIER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a philanderer
• CHICKEN FEED
n. 1837 Amer. dial. – something trifling, of little importance, esp. a small sum of money; small change
• CHICKEN FEEDER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a thin or poor-looking horse or cow
• CHICKEN FIGHT
n. 1891 Amer. dial. – a wild violet
• CHICKEN FIGHTER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a wild violet
• CHICKEN FIT
n. 1845 Amer. dial. – a burst of joy or anger; a nervous outburst
• CHICKEN FIXINGS
n. 1870 Amer. dial. – anything elaborate or fancy in food, dress, or otherwise
• CHICKEN-FLESH
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• CHICKEN-FLUTTER
n. 1905 Amer. dial. – undue excitement
• CHICKEN-FOOT ICE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the first thin ice that forms over the surface of a pond or pool
• CHICKEN GRANNY
n. 1936 Amer. dial. – one who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to ‘furriners’
• CHICKEN GUTS
n. 1. 1950 Amer. dial. – a child’s name for the symbol ‘&’ (ampersand)
n. 2. 1951 Amer. dial. – anything elaborate or fancy in food, dress, or otherwise
• CHICKEN-HALIBUT
n. 1919 Amer. dial. – a term of disparagement for a person, used to signify disgust
• CHICKEN HAWK
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a marshal
• CHICKEN-HEAD
n. 1919 Amer. dial. – a dull, stupid person
• CHICKEN-HEART
n. L19 – a coward
• CHICKEN-HEARTED
adj. L18 – cowardly
• CHICKEN HOCKEY
n. 1970s US sl. – one’s intestines, innards, i.e. the ‘stuffing’
• CHICKEN HOLLERING TIME
n. 1902 Amer. dial. – dawn, early morning
• CHICKEN HOUSE
n. 1. 1942 Amer. sl. – a sorority house; a girl’s dormitory
n. 2. 1960s sl. – a brothel
• CHICKEN IN A JAR
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – any deer shot illegally
• CHICKEN INSPECTOR
n. 1920s US sl. – a womanizer, a lady-killer
• CHICKEN IN THE YARD
phr. 1969 Amer. dial. – all right
• CHICKEN-LIFTER
n. L19 US sl. – a chicken thief; thus any petty thief
• CHICKEN-LIPS
n. 2000s African-American sl. – a White person
• CHICKEN-LIVER
n. 1930s sl. – a coward
• CHICKEN-LIVERED
adj. L19 sl. – cowardly
• CHICKEN MAN
n. 1. E19 sl. – a paedophile
n. 2. 1980s Aust. prison sl. – one who has been jailed for bestiality
• CHICKEN MARKS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – poor handwriting that is hard to read
• CHICKEN MEAT
n. 1948 Amer. dial. – the white meat of a turtle
• CHICKEN MONEY
n. 1. 1853 Amer. dial. obs. – spending money; small change
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. – the pay of an enlisted man when retired
• CHICKEN NABOB
n. L18 sl. – a merchant who has returned from India with a moderate rather than a magnificent fortune
• CHICKEN-NECK
vb. 1990s US sl. – to move one’s head rapidly from side to side
• CHICKEN NECKER
n. 1976 Amer. dial., derogatory – in crabbing: an amateur who interlopes on professional crabbers
• CHICKEN NEST
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a pothole
• CHICKEN OF THE SEA
n. 1. 1940 Amer. dial. – an albacore or similar fish
n. 2. 1970s US homosexual sl. – a young sailor
• CHICKEN ONE OUT
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to dare someone to prove he is not a coward
• CHICKEN OUT
vb. 1934 sl., orig. US – to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out; to avoid or to withdraw from a plan, task, or endeavour because of fear; to quit
• CHICKEN-PECK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the navel
• CHICKEN-PECKED
adj. 1786 humorous nonce word – under the rule of a girl; governed by a child
• CHICKEN PECKING
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – poor handwriting that is hard to read
• CHICKEN PEPPER
n. 1900 Amer. dial. – a buttercup
• CHICKEN-PERCH
n. L19 rhyming sl. – a church
• CHICKEN-PLUCKING
adj. 1960s US sl. – second-rate, vulgar, insignificant
• CHICKEN-POO-POO
adj. 1940s sl., orig. US – weak
• CHICKEN POX
n. 1960s US homosexual sl. – the urge to have sex with underage boys
• CHICKEN PREACHER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – an unordained preacher who only serves part-time
• CHICKEN QUEEN
n. 1960s US homosexual sl. – an older homosexual male who prefers sex with teenage boys
• CHICKEN RAIN
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a light rain that doesn’t last
• CHICKEN RANCH
n. 1960s sl. – a brothel
• CHICKEN ROOST
n. 1905 US sl. – the upper balcony of a theatre
• CHICKEN RUN
n. 1. 1970s S. Afr. – a teenage virility ritual involving the driving of two cars at high speed towards each other, or towards a dangerous obstacle; the first one to turn aside or brake is the loser or ‘chicken’
n. 2. 1970s S. Afr, sl. – the flight of White people from South Africa, fearing for their future in a non-apartheid country
• CHICKEN RUSTLER
n. 1970s US homosexual sl. – a male homosexual who has been placed in charge of underage boys, as a scoutmaster or choirmaster
• CHICKEN SADDLE
n. 1944 Amer. sl. – an unusually small saddle
• CHICKEN SCRATCH
n. 1. 1940s African-American sl. – a very small amount of money
n. 2. 1950s US sl. – illegible handwriting
n. 3. 1950s African-American sl. – short, tightly curled hair
n. 4. 1980s drug culture sl. – the search on hands and knees for grains of crack cocaine that have dropped on the floor
• CHICKEN SCRATCHES
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – poor handwriting that is hard to read
• CHICKEN SCRATCHING
n. 1. 1940s African-American sl. – an inadequate effort; a poorly done job; a lack of real commitment to a task
n. 2. 1956 Amer. dial. – poor handwriting that is hard to read
• CHICKEN SENSE
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – little sense
• CHICKEN’S HASH
n. 2000s rhyming sl. – cash
• CHICKEN’S HEAD
n. 1. 1960s African-American sl. – an aggressive, unpleasant woman
n. 2. 1960s African-American sl. – a stupid, immature girl
n. 3. 1960s African-American sl. – a fool
n. 4. 1980s African-American sl. – a woman with little or no hair
n. 5. 1980s African-American sl. – a woman with unruly, unkempt hair
n. 6. 1990s African-American sl. – a fellatrix
n. 7. 1990s African-American sl. – a promiscuous woman
• CHICKEN-SHIT
adj. 1. 1940s sl., orig. US – weak
adj. 2. 1940s sl., orig. – insufficient, inadequate, of poor quality
adj. 3. 1940s sl., orig. US – petty, insignificant
adj. 4. 1945 sl., orig. US – cowardly, fearful
n. 1. 1940s sl., orig. US – a contemptible, disgusting person; an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male
n. 2. 1940s sl., orig. US – a disgusting, unacceptable action or situation
n. 3. 1940s sl., orig. US military – meaningless, petty discipline
n. 4. 1947 sl., orig. US – a coward
vb. 1960s sl. – to act in a cowardly or otherwise distasteful manner
• THE CHICKENSHITS
n. 1950s US sl. – diarrhoea
• CHICKEN SKIN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – gooseflesh
• CHICKEN SNATCHER
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – a petty thief
• CHICKEN’S NECK
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – a cheque
• CHICKEN-SPANKING
n. 1950s US sl. – sexual intercourse with a chicken
• CHICKEN SWITCH
n. 1960 US sl. – a switch that will abort a mission; a notional switch that will end a project
• CHICKEN THIEF
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – a petty thief
• CHICKEN TRACKS
n. 1953 Amer. dial. – poor handwriting that is hard to read
• CHICKEN TROUBLE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – hiccups
• CHICKEN WALK
n. L19 UK prison sl. – an exercise yard
• CHICKEN-WALLA
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. – a peddler of embroidery
• CHICKEN WING
n. 1987 US sl. – in bowling: a bowler whose elbow strays outward from the body during the backswing motion of rolling the ball
• CHICKEN YELLOW
n. 2001 US sl. – the recreational drug PMA
• CHICKER
vb. 1916 Amer. dial. – to cultivate
• CHICKEROO!
int. 1940 Amer. dial. – a call to chickens
• CHICKERY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a red squirrel
• CHICKEY-BABE
n. 1991 Aust. sl. – a young woman, esp. a good-looking one
• CHICK FLICK
n. 1993 US sl. – a film that is designed to appeal to a female audience
• CHICKIE
int. 1. 1910s US sl. – a warning of the impending approach of authority, whether, policeman, parent, or teacher, and thus a command to stop whatever one is doing that might cause that authority to act against one
int. 2. 1949 Amer. dial. – a call to chickens
n. 1. 17C sl. – a timid creature, a coward
n. 2. 1919 US teen sl., orig. Aust. – a young girl or woman
n. 3. 1950s US sl. – a chicken
n. 4. 1966 Amer. dial. – a term of endearment; one’s wife or sweetheart
n. 5. 1968 Amer. dial. – the navel
• CHICKIE POO
n. 1981 US sl. – a young and beautiful girl
• CHICKIE-RUN
n. 1955 US sl. – a virility ritual involving the driving of two cars at high speed towards each other, or towards a dangerous obstacle; the first one to turn aside or brake is the loser or ‘chicken’
• CHICKLE-A-LEARY CHAP
n. E19 sl. – an artful, knowing fellow
• CHICKLET
n. 1922 US sl. – a young woman; a sexually attractive young woman
• CHICKLETTE
n. 1920s sl., orig. US – a young woman
• CHICK LIT
n. 1993 US sl. – literature directed at young women; literature written by women
• CHICK MAGNET
n. 1995 sl. – a young man who is irresistibly alluring to women
• CHICKO
n. 1950s sl. – a child
• CHICKOO!
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – a call to chickens
• CHICK WITH A STICK
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a girl jock; presumably a reference to softball and field hockey
• CHICKY
int. 1910s US sl. – a warning of the impending approach of authority, whether, policeman, parent, or teacher, and thus a command to stop whatever one is doing that might cause that authority to act against one
n. 1. 1919 US teen sl. – a young girl or woman
n. 2. 1934 US sl. – a lookout or decoy
n. 3. 1942 Amer. sl. – a small or young chicken
n. 4. 1950s sl. – a term of address to a (young) woman
• CHICKY-BABE
n. 1991 Aust. sl. – a young woman, esp. a good-looking one
• CHICLET
n. 1922 US sl. – a young woman; a sexually attractive young woman
• CHICLETS
n. 1960s US sl. – the teeth
• CHICO
n. 1. 1950s sl. – a child
n. 2. 1960s US sl. – a Mexican, esp. one considered of a lower class or mixed blood
n. 3. 1960s US sl. – a Puerto Rican, also as a term of address
n. 4. 1960s US sl. – a Cuban
• CHIC SALE
n. 1940s US sl. – a privy, an outside lavatory
• CHIDESTER
n. c1386 obs. – a woman who chides, scolds, or brawls
• CHIE
n. M19 UK criminals’ & tramps’ sl. – a woman
• CHIEF
n. 1. 1895 sl. – the chief engineer, or lieutenant-commander in a ship
n. 2. 1920s sl. – a general term of address, often to an unknown person
n. 3. 1940s W. Indies sl. – a potential victim of a confidence trickster; a credulous person; it is common term of address, used ironically by the con-man when he approaches the victim
n. 4. 1960s drug culture sl. – a hallucinogenic drug, esp. LSD or mescaline
n. 5. 1970s S. Afr. – a form of address either between those of the same race, or by Whites to a Black whose name they do not know
n. 6. 1990s Black British sl. – a general insult; a fool, a braggart
n. 7. 1990s US sl. – a stupid person
n. 8. 20C Amer. sl. – one’s boss or superior
• CHIEF ITCH AND RUB
n. 20C Amer. sl. – the most important person; the head of any group, as a school principal, Army officer, office overseer, etc.
• CHIEF OF THE DISHRAG
n. 1864 US sl. – a cook
• CHIEFY
n. 1. 1942 Royal Air Force sl. – a flight sergeant
n. 2. 1942 services’ sl. – the person in charge
• CHIKE
n. 1. a1430 obs. – a chick, chicken
n. 2. 18C obs. – hence: a child
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