chicken1 nounchicken2 verbchicken3 adjective
chickenchick‧en1 /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ ●●● S2 noun 
WORD ORIGINchicken1
Origin:
Old English cicen ‘young chicken’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Boy, that chicken smells good.
- I'm such a chicken when it comes to skiing.
- We raise our own chickens.
- A hen or stewing chicken or fowl is a mature female chicken, more than ten months old.
- But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens.
- But foxes in chicken runs get shot, and now the Israelites get the plague.
- Make the filling: Season the chicken well with salt and pepper.
- Oh, and Marge will bake you a chicken pie.
- Put the chicken into the marinade and leave for at least 1 hour.
Longman Language Activatorto do something because you expect something to happen
especially spoken to expect something to happen, so that you make plans or take actions that depend on it happening: · We had expected it to take about an hour to get home, but we hadn't reckoned on the traffic.reckon/figure on doing something: · Visitors to the city should figure on spending about $150 a day for food and lodging.reckon/figure on somebody doing something: · We can reckon on about 100 people coming to the meeting.
to expect something so much that your plans depend on it happening or you are completely prepared for it when it happens: · We're counting on good weather for the picnic - if it rains, we'll have to cancel.count on doing something: · The automaker is planning on earning large profits with this new model.count on somebody doing something: · Don't count on Congress passing the bill anytime soon.
especially written if you make plans or take actions in expectation or anticipation of something happening, you do this because you expect it to happen and you want to be prepared: · The workers have called off their strike in expectation of a pay settlement.· Residents are buying supplies and stacking wood in anticipation of the coming storms.
use this to tell someone not to be too sure that what they are hoping for will happen: · If you want to go on a date sometime, you can ask me. But don't count your chickens.· Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to count my chickens.
WORD SETSagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2adjectives
We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).
(=recently killed and not frozen)· Is the chicken fresh?
· We never buy cheap frozen chicken.
(=from a chicken that moved around outside and ate naturally)· All the chicken we serve is free-range.
(=cooked in an oven)· For dinner we're having roast chicken.
(=cooked in oil)· They filled their plates with fried chicken.
(=with the skin removed)· For this recipe, you will need a two pounds of skinless chicken.
chicken + NOUN· Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
(=a chicken breast, leg, thigh or wing)· You will need two chicken pieces per person.
(=the lower part of chicken legs)· party food, such as sandwiches and chicken drumsticks
· I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.
verbs (=fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc)
(=cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).· We both had chicken soup.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· She filled it from the larder and the fridge. Cold chicken.· There's cold chicken and salad in the fridge.
· There was a fried chicken place open on Baker Street, about the only thing that was.· He hoped she would choose a hamburger or fried chicken, anything which would be fast and convenient.· At each meal she willingly cleaned her plate, eating ice cream and fried chicken until she felt bloated.
· Accompaniments: grilled fish, chicken, lamb or veal with a cucumber and chive salad.· A sandwich of grilled chicken, red bell peppers and melted white cheddar on baguette is gilded with a garlic aioli.· She drank iced water and nibbled a prawn apple and celery salad followed by grilled chicken with orange and rosemary.· For grilled chicken, as with other grilled poultry, almost invariably I choose a red.· There is plenty of ice-cold beer, soft drinks and grilled chicken sandwiches.· Sometimes that involves merely adding grilled chicken or shrimp to the salad.· This sauce goes well with kebabs and with grilled or baked chicken.· From the salad to the clam chowder to the pasta with grilled peppers and chicken, dinner was perfect.
· Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.· The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.· The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.· Witness last October's petrol-price protests, when ministers rushed around like headless chickens because the boss was ill in hospital.· She continued to twitch like a headless chicken long after she was dead. 0019.
· They had a three-course roast chicken meal after the visit ended, he explained.· Even something as prosaic as a roast chicken Jasper could transform into something nearly lyrical.· For dinner we're having a roast chicken.· A roast chicken followed, with pale stuffing, a hot gravy and masses of floury roast potatoes.· The table was laid, and a roast chicken lay waiting for him to carve.
· Before that, though, I opened a can of whole chicken and ripped off a leg dribbling with jelly.· Using whole chicken or bones is a matter of personal preference.· Even though it's compact the cavity is spacious, taking a whole chicken or a large casserole.· Compare the prices of whole and cut-up chickens, you can usually save pennies by cutting up whole birds.· A hot chicken take away counter offering freshly cooked drumsticks, thighs and whole cooked chickens was introduced at Merton.· Properly priced, chicken parts are as good buys as whole chickens.· Sprinkle over whole chicken or fish before cooking or add to minced pork to make meatballs.
NOUN· Grabbing fruitlessly at bulrush stalks, which snap like chicken bones, he crashes face down into the mud.· She looked frail, her finger like a chicken bone inside my hand.· False words are like chicken bones.· Besides the chicken bones, the pot will need onions, carrots and celery.· The cross-eyed com-poser was once again gnawing on a chicken bone, with a noodle dangling from his black beard.
· She had brought a bowl of hot chicken broth, freshly baked white manchet loaves and a tankard of watered ale.· Add the tomatoes and their liquid, the chicken broth, green chilies, paprika, cayenne and cumin.· Add the remaining lemon juice to the chicken broth in a saucepan and bring to the boil.· Add wine, chicken broth and 2 cups water.· Gradually stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, stirring.· Stir in the chicken broth and cream and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.· Add the remaining chicken broth all at once and whisk until well blended.· Meanwhile, bring the chicken broth to a simmer in a large pot.
· Kalchu went to the chicken coop and lifted the hatch.· The night came down around us, and it was dark by the time we reached the chicken coop.· One burned the chicken coop to the ground.· She walked round and lifted one of the slats from the roof of the lean-to chicken coop.· When the men were building a new chicken coop, she would go out and help in whatever way she could.· Apparently it's £50K on the table, £30K in the shower and £75K in the chicken coop...· He would go out and wander over to the chicken coop.
· He also opened fertile chicken eggs and concluded, falsely, that the heart was the first organ to develop.· Now direct experimental evidence has proved the assumption justified, at least when the prey are nauseous chicken eggs and the predators crows.
· Today, the cheapest chicken feed consists of fishmeal, chicken feathers and chicken innards.· Most of the capital gains reported by these under-$ 50, 000 taxpayers were chicken feed.
· Enough to make the room swim, send the beer flat and the chicken legs glutinous.· Ask an adult to cut as much of the meat away from a cooked chicken leg bone as possible. 2.· Maybe not, since Henry, unless he got the thallium anywhere near the chicken leg, would be feeling fine.· She went to the fridge and fetched some cheese and a chicken leg.· Peter quickly hid the chicken leg he was eating and apologised.
· Frozen chicken livers are already cleaned, so if they are being used the only preliminary required is the thawing-out process.· Slowly we pull it up through the resistance and find it filled with a light, savory chicken liver mousse.· Add the meats to the pan with the chicken livers and brown on all sides, stirring constantly. 3.· Strain sauce, return to pan, and add chicken livers and parsley.· Pour it over the chicken livers.· I just remembered, some frozen chicken livers behind the ice cream.· Add the cooked pork, cut in small pieces to the chicken livers in the blender.· Reserve chicken livers for another use.
· Turn the chicken pieces occasionally and brush them with the glaze.· Brown the chicken pieces well on all sides, cooking them in batches to avoid crowding.· Apart from the inevitable sausages, there were numerous chicken pieces, lamb chops and cubed steak on skewers.· When quite hot, add the chicken pieces, skin side down.· Pour the oil into a frying pan and heat; add the chicken pieces and sauté until golden on both sides.· Add the chicken pieces and any juices that have accumulated.· Add 6-8 chicken pieces and fry for 5 minutes on all sides.· When all the chicken pieces are thoroughly browned, add unpeeled garlic cloves.
· Inside the chicken run - mesh bed bases tied with baling twine - the hens nested in a fridge.· But foxes in chicken runs get shot, and now the Israelites get the plague.· Beyond some stables, there was a chicken run.
· Ate half a chicken salad sandwich, threw the rest away.· Occasionally, she might add a little chicken salad that Percy had made, himself, that very morning.· Cinnamon chicken salad, out of that diabetes book.· We get a chuckle when we hear that so-and-so started chicken salad.
· Both the milk and the chicken soup were left behind.· The caldo de pollo is a rich but light chicken soup that is a delightful meal by itself.· The familiar smell of London came in through the window, and mingled with the smell of chicken soup.· No patent remedy exists for these, no chicken soup for the soul, however much we may yearn for ready comfort.· Bowls of the clear chicken soup they loved were put on the table.· So then I made him homemade chicken soup.· No other recipe causes so much grief, with the possible exception of chicken soup - but that's another saga!· There'd be soft tomato sandwiches for tea, and chicken soup and dumplings for supper.
· Eloff is no longer a spring chicken - nor is he in control of Northern Transvaal.· After all, you're thirty now and no spring chicken yourself any more.
· One idea Kevin had was to make concentrated chicken stocks for flavour.· In a small saucepan, heat chicken stock to boiling.· Heat chicken stock with peeled and finely shredded garlic cloves.· Mix the hot water, chicken stock and half and half.· Of course, I keep nonfat chicken stock on hand.· Thin with chicken stock, if necessary, for proper texture.· Add the chicken stock and when boiling, add the snow pea leaves.
· After much midnight hammering, a large wooden frame, covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed.· So this year, to be on the safe side, she had ordered a roll of chicken wire and metal stakes.· Already he's spent more than £100 on chicken wire and spent hours collecting up the various fillings.· Staplegun chicken wire to the walls, slap stucco on top.· Derek and I built the aviary between us out of ordinary three by three timber and chicken wire.· The church was built of brick and chicken wire.· To reduce slippage, tack coarse-gauge chicken wire flush to the deck.· They would search the woods behind the house, and Nockerd would tack the chicken wire tighter around the cage.
VERB· Include prawns for a special treat or add chicken or ham for a really substantial meal.· Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Add wine, chicken broth and 2 cups water.· When cooked, drain well and add to the chicken mixture.· Occasionally, she might add a little chicken salad that Percy had made, himself, that very morning.· Pour the oil into a frying pan and heat; add the chicken pieces and sauté until golden on both sides.· Strain sauce, return to pan, and add chicken livers and parsley.· Now add the chicken and, stirring all the time, fry this for 2 - 3 minutes.· If stew is too thick, add chicken stock as needed for desired consistency.
· Tropicana - cooked diced chicken mixed with sour cream and fresh mango. 5.· While the sauce is cooking, carve the chicken and place on a warm platter.· Eastern Promise - cooked, diced chicken, celery and walnuts mixed together with curried mayonnaise. 7.· Ask an adult to cut as much of the meat away from a cooked chicken leg bone as possible. 2.· There had been a dinner cooked, turkey or chicken with sausages, roast potatoes and stuffing.
· Personally he thought Bett was counting her chickens.· But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens.· But don't count your chickens.
· Meanwhile cut the chicken into thin strips.· Check the seasoning. Cut the chicken into thin strips, add to the sauce and cook for 1 minute.
· Less red meat is being consumed, but people eat more chicken.· That night I ate tepid chicken soup and yogurt and a few more codeine pills while watching television.· Personally, I don't even eat chicken.· His first job is to get some younger customers slurping more soya milk and eating chicken curry.· Lea: Well, Robert still eats his chicken.· Robert Alvarez Mark: My sister ate some bad chicken at the mall yesterday.
· In a large flameproof casserole, fry the chicken joints in the oil until golden brown.· A delicacy made from fried chicken skin and other assorted leavings.· Heat the oil and fry the chicken for 10-15 minutes.· Downtown Atlanta is normally an unhurried place where the noontime odor of fried chicken wafts through the thick humidity.· She held up a strange-shaped fried chicken wing for me to see or eat.· Lay 1 cut-up frying chicken on the rice mixture, and spread remaining soup over chicken.· If fried chicken could have a more healthful image, it was achieved here.· Neither did she mind that the family now ate at the restaurant every night, one fried chicken part after another.
· Alternatively, to cook in a conventional oven, place the chicken and mushrooms in an ovenproof dish.· Pour into heated bowl. Place chicken on top of pasta, then ladle black beans on top.· Drain the marinade from the chicken. Place the chicken in an ovenproof casserole and sprinkle the dry soup mix over.· When oil is heated, place chicken in skillet.· Somehow, against her better judgement, she refrained and placed his plate with chicken and salad on to the tray.
· She hid them while Roberts served creamy chicken from a steaming casserole.· Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve and pour into a sauce boat. Serve immediately with the chicken.· For a savory accompaniment, poach in stock with a few cloves to serve with ham, chicken or duck.· Ideal for serving with chicken, gammon, pork or sausages.· Drain well. Serve the chicken on a bed of tagliatelle with a green salad.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► somebody’s chickens have come home to roost► which came first, the chicken or the egg?PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► jerk chicken/pork etc► somebody is no spring chicken
1- It's a chicken and egg situation really.
- Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to count my chickens.
- If you want to go on a date sometime, you can ask me. But don't count your chickens.
- You'll probably get the job, but don't count your chickens just yet.
- The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
- The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.
- The Conch serves a great seafood platter.
- Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost.
- Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost.
[countable] a common farm bird that is kept for its meat and eggs2[uncountable] the meat from this bird eaten as food: roast chicken fried chicken chicken soup3[countable] informal someone who is not at all brave SYN coward: Don’t be such a chicken!4[uncountable] a game in which children do something dangerous, for example stand on a railway line when a train is coming, and try to be the one who continues doing it for the longest time5which came first, the chicken or the egg? used to say that it is difficult or impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect6a chicken and egg situation/problem etc a situation in which it is impossible to decide which of two things happened first, or which action is the cause and which is the effect7somebody’s chickens have come home to roost used to say that someone’s bad or dishonest actions in the past have caused the problems that they have now → don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched at count1(8), → spring chickenCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesfresh (=recently killed and not frozen)· Is the chicken fresh?frozen· We never buy cheap frozen chicken.free-range (=from a chicken that moved around outside and ate naturally)· All the chicken we serve is free-range.roast chicken (=cooked in an oven)· For dinner we're having roast chicken.fried chicken (=cooked in oil)· They filled their plates with fried chicken.skinless chicken (=with the skin removed)· For this recipe, you will need a two pounds of skinless chicken.chicken + NOUNchicken breast/thigh/wing· Chop the chicken breast into pieces.a chicken piece (=a chicken breast, leg, thigh or wing)· You will need two chicken pieces per person.chicken drumsticks (=the lower part of chicken legs)· party food, such as sandwiches and chicken drumsticksa chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc· I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.verbsstuff a chicken (=fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc)carve a chicken (=cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked)chicken1 nounchicken2 verbchicken3 adjective
chickenchicken2 verb VERB TABLE
chicken
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | chicken |
| he, she, it | chickens | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chickened |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chickened |
| he, she, it | has chickened | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chickened |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chicken |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chickened |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am chickening |
| he, she, it | is chickening | |
| you, we, they | are chickening | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was chickening |
| you, we, they | were chickening | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chickening |
| he, she, it | has been chickening | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chickening |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chickening |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chickening |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- If she waited for too long, she would simply chicken out.
- We didn't make Abisko, chickening out as the weather worsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire.
Longman Language Activatorto decide not to do something because you are too frightened
to suddenly lose the confidence and calmness that you need in order to do something dangerous or frightening: · Dan wanted to ask his boss for a day off but he lost his nerve at the last minute.· I stood at the top of the ski-slope for a minute then lost my nerve.
to not be brave enough to do something because you are afraid of what might happen if you do it: not dare do something: · The older boys used to bully me but I didn't dare complain.not dare to do something: · Billy stood on top of the rock, not daring to jump down.not dare: · I wanted to ask Dad for the money but I didn't dare.
spoken informal to not be brave enough to do something that you intended to do or said you would do: · I was supposed to make the introductory speech, but I chickened out at the last minute.chicken/wimp out of doing something: · She chickened out of telling her father that she and David were going to live together.
spoken to not be brave enough to do something that people think you should do: · He wouldn't have the guts to say that to me.· I planned to ask my boss for a raise but in the end I didn't have the guts.not have the guts to do something: · Peg has done all the things I never had the guts to try.be without/lack guts: · Joe's a weak character, without guts or ambition.· She's intelligent enough, but she lacks guts.
to not be brave or confident enough to do something because you think it is too difficult, dangerous or embarrassing: · I'd love to quit my job and go back to college but I don't have the nerve.not have the nerve to do something: · He doesn't have the nerve to tell the boss what he really thinks of her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).
· I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).· We both had chicken soup.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► jerk chicken/pork etc► somebody is no spring chicken
chicken out phrasal verb informal to decide at the last moment not to do something you said you would do, because you are afraid: - Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to count my chickens.
- If you want to go on a date sometime, you can ask me. But don't count your chickens.
- You'll probably get the job, but don't count your chickens just yet.
- The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
- The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.
- The Conch serves a great seafood platter.
- Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost.
- Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost.
You’re not chickening out, are you?chicken1 nounchicken2 verbchicken3 adjective
chickenchicken3 adjective [not before noun] informal EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- I even thought Shaker was chicken.
- The menu is heavy on meat and potatoes, with just a few token turkey, chicken and fish entrees.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).
· I think I’ll have a chicken curry.
We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way).· We both had chicken soup.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► jerk chicken/pork etc► somebody is no spring chicken
not brave enough to do something SYN cowardly: - Getting an Oscar would be wonderful, but I think it's too early to count my chickens.
- If you want to go on a date sometime, you can ask me. But don't count your chickens.
- You'll probably get the job, but don't count your chickens just yet.
- The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
- The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.
- The Conch serves a great seafood platter.
- Their extravagant overspending has come home to roost.
- Eventually, of course, the chickens came home to roost.
Dave’s too chicken to ask her out.- Marrakesh
- marriage
- marriageable
- marriage bureau
- marriage certificate
- marriage guidance
- marriage licence
- marriage lines
- marriage of convenience
- Marriage of Figaro, The
- marriage vow
- married
- Marriner, Sir Neville
- Marriott
- marrow
- marrow bone
- marry
- Mars
- Marseillaise
- Marseilles
- marsh
- marshal
- Marshall aid
- marshalling yard
- Marshall Islands