chicken
chick-en
noun
A common domestic fowl, or its meat used as food.
"We had roast chicken for Sunday lunch."
adjective
Lacking courage; easily frightened or unwilling to do something.
"Don't be so chicken, just try it!"
verb
To refuse to do something because of fear or lack of courage.
"He chickened out of the dare."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: wimp, crybaby, fearful, white-livered, yellow, cowardly, yellow-bellied, chickenhearted, lily-livered, Gallus gallus, volaille, poulet