chickenshit

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chickenshit

Rhymes with -ɪt

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From chicken + shit.

adjective more chickenshit · most chickenshit · chicken-shit · chicken shit

slang, vulgar Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
slang, vulgar Cowardly. How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing.
Similar: chickenpoop

noun chickenshits · chicken-shit · chicken shit

countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar A petty and contemptible thing or things. Don't waste your time on that chickenshit.
Similar: shit
countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar A coward. I told him I wasn't having his insults, and he just backed right down. What a chickenshit.
Similar: coward
countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet. That chickenshit drove his men nearly to mutiny.
countable, literally, uncountable, vulgar Chicken manure.
Similar: chickenpoop

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noun contemptible thing

Français	d'la merde, des conneries
Русский	фигня́ fignjá, херня́ xernjá, хуйня́ xujnjá

noun coward

Français	poule mouillée, couille molle, sans-couilles, péteux
Italiano	Italian: mammoletta, femminuccia, coniglio, merlo, pollo, smidollato
Ελληνικά	χέστης chéstis, χεζάς chezás, χεζού chezoú
Русский	ссыку́н ssykún, ссыку́нья ssykúnʹja, ссыку́ха ssykúxa, ссыкло́ ssykló

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@misc{chickenshit_2026,
  title = {chickenshit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chickenshit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}