pelkuri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chicken noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
- coward noun A person who lacks courage, especially someone who avoids danger or difficulty out of fear.
- craven adj Completely lacking courage; cowardly, especially in a shameful way.
- wuss noun An informal, slightly mocking word for someone seen as weak, timid, or easily scared.
- yellow noun The bright color of lemons, sunflowers, and egg yolks, produced by light around 580 nanometers.
Senses
pelkuri is used for these senses in English:
- chicken (countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
- coward A person who lacks courage.
- craven (archaic) A coward.
- scaredy-cat (endearing) A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.
- wuss (slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.
- yellow (informal) Lacking courage.
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.
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