"chicken run" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chicken runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken run (plural chicken runs)
  1. An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck. Synonyms: chicken pen, chickenyard, chookyard Translations (enclosed area for poultry): kippenren [feminine] (Dutch), kanatarha (Finnish), Hühnerhof [masculine] (German), Auslauf für Hühner [masculine] (German), Hühnerauslauf [masculine] (German), Hühnergehege [neuter] (German), Hühnerpferch [masculine] (German), hönsgård [common-gender] (Swedish), gokayad (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-chicken_run-en-noun-mxSOye8s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'enclosed area for poultry': 96 4
  2. (slang, historical) The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence. Tags: historical, slang
    Sense id: en-chicken_run-en-noun-v8EDtBnL

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chicken run meaning in English (2.7kB)

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