Definitions

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  • adjective informal Resembling a chicken or its meat.

Etymologies

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chicken +‎ -y

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Examples

  • The texture was equally good in both, but the latter had a very overpowering "chickeny" taste, and not in a good way!

    IT'S ALL GOOD? A NEW PRODUCT INSPIRES RECIPE EXPERIMENT Bryanna Clark Grogan 2007

  • But why is it that Mexican chickens taste so "chickeny"?

    turkey time 2004

  • But why is it that Mexican chickens taste so "chickeny"?

    turkey time 2004

  • A broiler, at seven weeks, will still have a quite mild and delicate flavor; a roaster, on the other hand, is usually about five weeks older than a broiler and it will have a much more pronounced "chickeny" flavor.

    The Perdue Chicken Cookbook Mitzi Perdue

  • You may just be rewarded by the most succulent and 'chickeny' bird you have ever tasted

    WN.com - Articles related to Recipe: Chocolate orange fondant puddings 2010

  • "We always have to be careful to not always offer cheesy, chickeny things and pastay things," because such dishes might push away customers with more advanced palates, says John Caron , president of Olive Garden, known for its unlimited salad and breadsticks.

    Waiter, I'll Have the Crowd-Pleaser Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • The act of frying latkes will create odors that will linger in your kitchen for several days, and even with the best ventilation will require that your entire house get aired out in order to completely rid your home of the powerful chickeny/potatoey/oniony odor.

    Latke-Vision: It Sure Beats The Yule Log 2008

  • The act of frying latkes will create odors that will linger in your kitchen for several days, and even with the best ventilation will require that your entire house get aired out in order to completely rid your home of the powerful chickeny/potatoey/oniony odor.

    December « 2008 « Off The Broiler 2008

  • In fact, the contemporary culinary world increasingly equates better animal treatment with better flavor; a free-range chicken simply tastes more chickeny than one of those big, bland supermarket roasters.

    The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

  • Sending out fingerprint kits, meeting another blogger for a cream tea, making chickeny lemony risotto.

    today I am mostly... Katy 2009

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