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chicken run

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
chick-en run
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.

noun

The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.

Slang

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Usage

Inflected Forms

chicken runs (plural)

Synonyms

chicken pen chickenyard chookyard chicken yard hen yard fowl run

Questions

What does chicken run mean?
An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.

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