"play chicken" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays chicken",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing chicken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played chicken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played chicken",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plays chicken",
        "2": "playing chicken",
        "3": "played chicken",
        "4": "played chicken"
      },
      "expansion": "play chicken (third-person singular simple present plays chicken, present participle playing chicken, simple past and past participle played chicken)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As a risky test of courage, to drive two vehicles directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_chicken-en-verb-FZ95A7OS",
      "links": [
        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
        ],
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ],
        [
          "swerve",
          "swerve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) As a risky test of courage, to drive two vehicles directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a mutual challenge or threat, expecting the opponent to withdraw before an actual conflict or collision."
      ],
      "id": "en-play_chicken-en-verb-CzN2njBX",
      "links": [
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ],
        [
          "threat",
          "threat"
        ],
        [
          "expecting",
          "expecting"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ],
        [
          "collision",
          "collision"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, slang) To engage in a mutual challenge or threat, expecting the opponent to withdraw before an actual conflict or collision."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play chicken"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays chicken",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing chicken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played chicken",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played chicken",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "plays chicken",
        "2": "playing chicken",
        "3": "played chicken",
        "4": "played chicken"
      },
      "expansion": "play chicken (third-person singular simple present plays chicken, present participle playing chicken, simple past and past participle played chicken)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As a risky test of courage, to drive two vehicles directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "risky",
          "risky"
        ],
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ],
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ],
        [
          "swerve",
          "swerve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) As a risky test of courage, to drive two vehicles directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in a mutual challenge or threat, expecting the opponent to withdraw before an actual conflict or collision."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ],
        [
          "threat",
          "threat"
        ],
        [
          "expecting",
          "expecting"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ],
        [
          "collision",
          "collision"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, slang) To engage in a mutual challenge or threat, expecting the opponent to withdraw before an actual conflict or collision."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "play chicken"
}