Chicken (noun)

1. A common domesticated fowl widely kept for eggs and meat.
2. A dish made from the flesh of this bird, especially when roasted or baked.
3. An easily frightened person.

Origin:

Middle english, from old english cycene, from late latin coqīnus, from coqīnus, adj., of a hen, from coqūnus, hen, from latin coctus, cooked, from coquere to cook.

Examples:

1. She roasted a chicken for dinner.
2. He ordered the chicken sandwich for lunch.
3. The chicken crossed the road to get to the other side.
4. The sound of the fireworks made the chicken run away.
5. He's a real chicken, always too scared to try new things.