"chickenshit" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-chickenshit.ogg Forms: more chickenshit [comparative], most chickenshit [superlative]
Etymology: From chicken + shit. Etymology templates: {{com|en|chicken|shit}} chicken + shit Head templates: {{en-adj}} chickenshit (comparative more chickenshit, superlative most chickenshit)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.) Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-chickenshit-en-adj-ig57KqpY Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 0 9 3 46
  2. (vulgar, slang) Cowardly. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Fear, People
    Sense id: en-chickenshit-en-adj-0vfvOL2B Disambiguation of Fear: 10 59 1 1 29 Disambiguation of People: 12 50 0 0 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chicken-shit, chicken shit

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-chickenshit.ogg Forms: chickenshits [plural]
Etymology: From chicken + shit. Etymology templates: {{com|en|chicken|shit}} chicken + shit Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chickenshit (countable and uncountable, plural chickenshits)
  1. (slang, vulgar) A petty and contemptible thing or things. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Synonyms (petty or contemptible thing): shit [vulgar] Translations (contemptible thing): d'la merde [feminine] (French), des conneries [feminine, plural] (French), фигня́ (fignjá) [feminine] (Russian), херня́ (xernjá) [feminine] (Russian), хуйня́ (xujnjá) [feminine, vulgar] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chickenshit-en-noun-oHTUwvDo Disambiguation of 'petty or contemptible thing': 83 0 17 Disambiguation of 'contemptible thing': 100 0 0
  2. (slang, vulgar) A coward. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Synonyms (coward): coward Translations (coward): poule mouillée [feminine] (French), couille molle [feminine] (French), sans-couilles [feminine, masculine, plural] (French), péteux [masculine] (French), χέστης (chéstis) [masculine] (Greek), χεζάς (chezás) [masculine] (Greek), χεζού (chezoú) [feminine] (Greek), Italian: mammoletta (Italian), femminuccia (Italian), coniglio (Italian), merlo (Italian), pollo (Italian), smidollato (Italian), pappa molle (Italian), pappamolle (Italian), rammollito (Italian), fifone (Italian), codardo (Italian), cortigiano (Italian), mollusco (Italian), vigliacco (Italian), pusillanime (Italian), eunuco (Italian), debole [masculine] (Italian), pisciasotto (Italian), cacasotto (Italian), pauroso (Italian), vile (Italian), ссыку́н (ssykún) [masculine] (Russian), ссыку́нья (ssykúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), ссыку́ха (ssykúxa) [feminine] (Russian), ссыкло́ (ssykló) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chickenshit-en-noun-T3Wsec-l Disambiguation of 'coward': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'coward': 0 100 0
  3. (vulgar, military, slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-chickenshit-en-noun-KVY3Xdjz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 1 2 1 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 0 9 3 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 0 4 2 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 0 4 2 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 0 11 3 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 0 9 3 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 0 8 4 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 0 8 4 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 0 7 2 62 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2010 December 15, A.J. Jacobs, “George H.W. Bush*: What I've Learned”, in Esquire:",
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        "(slang, vulgar) A coward."
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    {
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "coward"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pussy"
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      "word": "wuss"
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    {
      "word": "shithouse"
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      "sense": "petty or contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "crap"
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    {
      "word": "bullcrap"
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      "word": "bullshit"
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    {
      "word": "junk"
    },
    {
      "word": "trash"
    },
    {
      "word": "dogshit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Irish bull"
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      "word": "horseshit"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coward",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poule mouillée"
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      "word": "péteux"
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      "sense": "coward",
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      "sense": "coward",
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      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "Italian: mammoletta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "femminuccia"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "coniglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "merlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "pollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "smidollato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "pappa molle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "pappamolle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "rammollito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "fifone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "codardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "cortigiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "mollusco"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "vigliacco"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "coward",
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      "sense": "coward",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "pisciasotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "cacasotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "pauroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coward",
      "word": "vile"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ssykún",
      "sense": "coward",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ссыку́н"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ssykúnʹja",
      "sense": "coward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ссыку́нья"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ssykúxa",
      "sense": "coward",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ссыку́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ssykló",
      "sense": "coward",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ссыкло́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "d'la merde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "des conneries"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fignjá",
      "sense": "contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фигня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xernjá",
      "sense": "contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "херня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xujnjá",
      "sense": "contemptible thing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "хуйня́"
    }
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}

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