Chickenshit

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounPetty and contemptible thing(s).

"Don't waste your time on that chickenshit."

2.nounA coward.

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

3.nounA low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

4.adjectivePetty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)

5.adjectiveCowardly.

"How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing."

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