Chickenshit

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(slang, vulgar) Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.).

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang, vulgar) Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
2. (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.
3. (slang, vulgar) A petty and contemptible thing or things.
4. (slang, vulgar) A coward.
5. (military slang, vulgar) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.

Example Sentences

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

"How chickenshit do you have to be to go after an old man in a wheelchair?"

Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.

I went to see Lyndon Johnson, and I was telling him I wanted to run for Senate. And he said, "The difference between the Senate and the House is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit." Johnson was amazing.

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

That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.

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• more chickenshit
• most chickenshit
• chicken-shit
• chicken shit
• chickenshits

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