# chickens

Pronunciation: say "CHIK-inz" /ˈt͡ʃɪkɪnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of chicken. — plural of chicken
   - Simple: Plural of chicken. Use this form when you mean more than one chicken.
   - _Several chickens pecked at the scattered grain near the barn door._
   - _She raises chickens for both their eggs and their meat._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of chicken. — third-person singular simple present indicative of chicken
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of chicken. Use it when one person backs out of something because of fear.
   - _Whenever the stakes get high, my brother chickens out at the last second._
   - _He talks tough, but he chickens out the moment anyone challenges him._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chickens (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).