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mes — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chickadee noun Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
  • 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.
  • sissy noun (informal, derogatory) A timid or cowardly person, especially a man or boy seen as insufficiently masculine.
  • titmouse noun Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
  • wimp noun Someone seen as weak, timid, or lacking backbone.
  • wuss noun An informal, slightly mocking word for someone seen as weak, timid, or easily scared.

Senses

mes is used for these senses in English:

  • chickadee A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.
  • chicken (countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.
  • coward A person who lacks courage.
  • craven (archaic) A coward.
  • sissy (sometimes, derogatory, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
  • titmouse Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
  • wimp (chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
  • wuss (slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.

chickadee — full definition

  1. noun Any of the small, mostly black and white North American songbirds of the genus Poecile of the family Paridae.
  2. noun Affectionate term of address.

chicken — full definition

  1. noun A common domesticated bird raised for its eggs and meat.
  2. noun The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
  3. noun (informal) A cowardly person.
  4. adj (informal) Cowardly; afraid to do something.
  5. verb (informal, usually with "out") To back out of something through fear.

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