arkajalka — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- chicken noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
- milksop noun A piece of bread soaked in milk.
- tenderfoot noun Someone new to something and lacking experience.
Senses
arkajalka is used for these senses in English:
- chicken (countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
- milksop (by extension, pejorative) An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person.
- tenderfoot (historical) A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West).
chicken — full definition
- noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
- noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
- noun (informal) A cowardly person.
- adj (informal) Cowardly; afraid to do something.
- verb (informal, usually with "out") To back out of something through fear.
milksop — full definition
- noun A piece of bread soaked in milk.
- noun A dish of broken bread in a bowl, topped with sugar and hot milk poured over it.
- noun A timid or feeble person who lacks courage.
Vocabulary Flow
Learn more English words in Finnish.
Vocabulary Flow serves English words with the Finnish meaning, one at a time — pronunciation and an example each time. Scroll it either direction.
Learn English in Finnish
