(形容詞) 膽小的；懦弱的。不用於名詞前。
- What’s the matter, are you chicken? (怎麼啦，你害怕嗎?)
(名詞) 膽小鬼；懦夫 (coward)。
- Benson’s such a chicken. (班森真是個膽小鬼)
(動詞) (因膽怯而) 臨陣退縮。與片語動詞 chicken out 同義。
- I was going to tell her how much I loved her, but I chickened out. (我本來要告訴她我有多愛她，但臨陣退縮了)