tchórz — 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.
- polecat noun Any of several long, slender mammals related to the weasel.
- poltroon noun An utter coward, especially one who is also mean-spirited.
Senses
tchórz is used for these senses in English:
- European polecat Mustela putorius, related to mink and weasels, native to Europe and parts of Asia, and from which certain of the animals called ferrets have been domesticated.
- chicken (countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
- coward A person who lacks courage.
- polecat A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
- poltroon An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
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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