chicken switch in English

Forms: chicken switches [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: See chicken (“a coward”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|chicken||a coward}} chicken (“a coward”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken switch (plural chicken switches)

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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        "An emergency switch or button used to abort a process in case of failure."
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        "(informal) An emergency switch or button used to abort a process in case of failure."
      ],
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          "word": "chicken button"
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    }
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  "word": "chicken switch"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "chicken",
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        "4": "a coward"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See chicken (“a coward”).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "An emergency switch or button used to abort a process in case of failure."
      ],
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          "abort",
          "abort"
        ],
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        ],
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        "(informal) An emergency switch or button used to abort a process in case of failure."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "chicken button"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
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"chicken switch" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms