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chicken

How many syllables in chicken?

  2 syllables

Divide chicken into syllables:   chick-en
Stressed syllable in chicken:   chick-en
How to pronounce chicken:   chi-k-in
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Define chicken



noun
  1. a fowl which humans eat and use to produces eggs

adjective
  1. coward

verb
  1. to give up or not do
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Synonyms for chicken


1 syllable
  • chick
  • ham
  • Lamb
  • fowl
  • hen
  • veal
2 syllables
  • mutton
3 syllables
  • venison

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    What rhymes with chicken

    2 syllables
    • sicken
    • thicken
    • wicca
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