chicken-shit

chick·en-shit

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chik-uh n shit]
- /ˈtʃɪk ən ʃɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chik-uh n shit]
- /ˈtʃɪk ən ʃɪt/

Definitions of chicken-shit word

noun chicken-shit boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks. 1
adjective chicken-shit obsessed with petty details. 1
adjective chicken-shit menial or petty. 1
adjective chicken-shit cowardly or fainthearted. 1
noun chicken-shit Alternative form of chickenshit. 0
adjective chicken-shit Alternative form of chickenshit. 0

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Origin of chicken-shit

First appearance:

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

1945-50; Americanism

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Parts of speech for Chicken-shit

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Chicken-shit

chicken-shit popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.