Associations to the word «Chickenshit»

Wiktionary

CHICKENSHIT, adjective. (slang) (vulgar) Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
CHICKENSHIT, adjective. (vulgar) (slang) Cowardly.
CHICKENSHIT, noun. (slang) (vulgar) Petty and contemptible thing(s).
CHICKENSHIT, noun. (slang) (vulgar) A coward.
CHICKENSHIT, noun. (vulgar) (military) (slang) A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

Dictionary definition

CHICKENSHIT, noun. A false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats