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chicken-or-egg question

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
chick-en-or-eg-g ques-tion
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.

noun

A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.

Inflected Forms

chicken-or-egg questions (plural) chicken or egg question (alternative) chicken-and-egg question (alternative) chicken and egg question (alternative) chicken-and-egg problem (alternative) hen and egg question (alternative) hen-and-egg question (alternative) hen or egg question (alternative) hen-or-egg question (alternative) hen-and-egg problem (alternative)

Questions

What does chicken-or-egg question mean?
A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.

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