Hyphenation of chicken

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word chicken? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

chick-en

Definitions of chicken:

1.	The flesh of a chicken used for food
2.	A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs Believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
3.	A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
4.	A foolhardy competition A dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
5.	Easily frightened

Synonyms of chicken:

adj	chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, cowardly, fearful
noun	poulet, volaille, poultry
noun	Gallus gallus, domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
noun	wimp, crybaby, weakling, doormat, wuss
noun	contest, competition

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.