chickenshit

Meanings

Adjective

• petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant.
• cowardly

Noun

• (A) petty and contemptible thing(s).
• coward
• A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

Related

Similar words

• coward; chicken, pussy, wuss, shithouse
• shit, crap, bullcrap, bullshit, junk, trash, dogshit, Irish bull, horseshit

Origin

• From .