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Kücken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chick noun A young, newly hatched bird, especially a baby chicken.
  • fledgling noun A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly.

Senses

Kücken is used for these senses in English:

  • chick A young chicken.
  • fledgling A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
  • play by ear (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.

chick — full definition

  1. noun A young, newly hatched bird, especially a baby chicken.
  2. noun (informal) A young woman.

fledgling — full definition

  1. noun A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly.
  2. noun A person or organization that is new and still inexperienced.
  3. adj New and still developing; not yet established.

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