chickenshit

Meanings

Plural: chickenshits

Noun

• a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
• A petty and contemptible thing or things.
• A coward.
• A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, shit: chicken manure.

Adj

• Petty; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)
• Cowardly.

Synonyms

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