Chickenshit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Chickenshit is an adjective meaning Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.
Meaning
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.
More Meanings
- (military slang, vulgar) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
- (slang, vulgar) Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
- (vulgar, slang) Cowardly.
- (slang, vulgar) A petty and contemptible thing or things.
- (slang, vulgar) A coward.
Example Sentences
Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.
That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.
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?"
Word Forms
- chicken-shit
- chicken shit
- chickenshits
Synonyms for chickenshit
Depending on context, synonyms include coward, chicken, pussy, wuss, shithouse, shit.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shithead, asshat, dumbass, scumbag, bullshit, asshole.
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