"chicken switch" meaning in All languages combined

See chicken switch on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chicken switches [plural]
Etymology: See chicken (“a coward”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|chicken||a coward}} chicken (“a coward”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken switch (plural chicken switches)
  1. (informal) An emergency switch or button used to abort a process in case of failure. Tags: informal Synonyms: chicken button
    Sense id: en-chicken_switch-en-noun-2XuiY36Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chicken switch meaning in All languages combined (1.0kB)

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