chicken's

What the bird's

Chicken's is the possessive form of chicken, indicating something belonging to or associated with a chicken: the chicken's feathers, a chicken's egg.

It also forms contractions with "is" or "has": The chicken's escaped again, That chicken's been laying double-yolked eggs all week.

bird

feathers

Bird's lightweight covering

  • beakHorny avian mouthpart
  • combToothed grooming implement
  • wattleHanging throat skin

claws · eggs · rooster · coop · nest · plumage · brooding · clucking · pecking · scratching

poultry

meat

Animal tissue for food

wing · tender · giblets · liver · skin · fat · bone · carcass · stock · broth

cowardice

fear

Emotional response to threat

backing out · cold feet · yellow · scared · gutless · spineless · wimp · fraidy-cat · retreat · flinching

game

dare

Challenge to act boldly

nerve · bravado · swerving · collision · recklessness · bluff · brinksmanship · flinching · contest · risk

Opposites
poultry sex/role

chicken'srooster's

Male chicken's possessive

cock's · hen's

animal ownership/origin

chicken'shawk's

Of a soaring predator

fox's · eagle's · wolf's · predator's · coyote's

courage (metaphorical)

chicken'shero's

Of the courageous lead

warrior's

Phrases
Family

chicken, chickens, chickenpox, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G