Meaning of chickenshit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A petty and contemptible thing or things.
   countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
2. A coward.
   countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
3. A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
   countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Don't waste⟳ your time on that chickenshit.”

“I went to see⟳ Lyndon Johnson, and I was telling him I wanted to run⟳ for Senate. And he said, "The difference between the Senate and the House is the difference between chicken salad and chicken shit." Johnson was amazing.”

“I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.”

“That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.”

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