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chicken (''Gallus domesticus'') is a type of domesticated bird.
Chicken, chickens, or the chicken may also refer to:
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Chicken (food)
Film and television
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''Chicken'' (2001 film), a 2001 Irish short film
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''Chicken'' (2015 film), a British drama film directed by Joe Stephenson
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''Chickens'' (1916 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
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''Chickens'' (1921 film), an American silent comedy drama film
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''The Chicken'' (film), a 1965 short comedy film directed by Claude Berri
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''Chickens'' (TV series), a UK TV series starring Simon Bird and Joe Thomas
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Chicken (''Family Guy''), a recurring character in the American TV series ''Family Guy''
* One of the titular characters in the TV series ''
Cow and Chicken''
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"Chickens" (''BoJack Horseman''), a 2015 episode
Music
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''Chicken'' (EP), Los Angeles rock band Ednaswap's only EP
Songs
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"Chicken" (The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster song), 2003
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"The Chicken" (music), a jazz tune composed by Pee Wee Ellis and made famous by Jaco Pastorius
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The Chicken Song", a parody song from Spitting Image, 1986
* "Chicken", by Sly and the Family Stone from ''
Life'', 1968
* "Chicken", by
The Cheers
The Cheers were an American vocal group, that had a string of novelty hits for Capitol Records in the mid-1950s starting with "(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'" which hit number fifteen on the U.S. chart in 1954. This was the first hit written by Jerry ...
, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and Jack Rollins, 1955
* "Chicken", by
Kero Kero Bonito, 2015
* "Chicken", by
Semler Semler is an occupational surname derived from the occupation of baker who bakes '':de:Brötchen, semmels'', i.e., white bread rolls.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Andrée Sfeir-Semler (born 1953), art historian and gallery owner
*Augu ...
, 2021
* "The Chicken", a song by Bo Burnham from ''
The Inside Outtakes
''Bo Burnham: Inside'' is a 2021 special written, directed, filmed, edited, and performed by American comedian Bo Burnham. Created in the guest house of Burnham's Los Angeles home during the COVID-19 pandemic without a crew or audience, it was ...
'', 2022
* "Chickens", by Future and EST Gee from ''
I Never Liked You '', 2022
* "Chicken Song", from the 2014 film ''
Bajrangi Bhaijaan''
People
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coward
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Chicken (gay slang)
Chicken can be used, usually by gay men referring to other gay men, to mean a young gay man or young-appearing gay man.
Author Bruce Rodgers defines the term as "1. any boy under the age of consent, heterosexual, fair of face, and unfamilia ...
, a young or young appearing gay male
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Gary "Chicken" Hirsh
Gary "Chicken" Hirsh (March 9, 1940 – August 17, 2021) was an American drummer, best known for his work with the rock group Country Joe and the Fish.
Hirsh was born in Chicago, Illinois. In December 1966, he replaced John Francis Gunning, but l ...
(1940–2021), drummer for the rock group Country Joe and the Fish
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Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn
Wilfred Arthur "Chicken" Smallhorn (25 February 1911 – 27 November 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played 150 games for the Fitzroy Football Club between 1930 and 1940, winning th ...
(1911–1988), Australian rules footballer
Other uses
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Alfred Chicken
''Alfred Chicken'' is a platform video game developed by Twilight and published by Mindscape. The game was released for Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy, NES, Super NES in 1993 and February 1994, in Europe and North America, respectively. A Europe-e ...
, a platform video game
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Chicken (game)
The game of chicken, also known as the hawk–dove game or snowdrift game, is a model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while the ideal outcome is for one player to yield (to avoid the worst outcome if ...
, a typical game studied in game theory
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Chicken, Alaska
Chicken is a tiny unincorporated village in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 12 at the time of the 2020 census, up fr ...
, a city in the United States
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Chicken Creek (disambiguation), multiple watercourses
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Chicken Rock
Chicken Rock ( gv, Carrick ny Kirkey), part of Rushen parish, is the southernmost island administered by the Isle of Man. It lies southwest of the Calf of Man, off Spanish Head on the Manx mainland. The most prominent feature of the rock is the ...
, an island administered by the Isle of Man
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Dixie Chicken (bar), a popular bar in College Station, Texas, also called ''The Chicken''
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Chicken (Scheme implementation), a compiler and interpreter for the programming language Scheme
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''Chicken'' (video game), a 1982 computer game for the Atari 8-bit series
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Grouse, a group of game birds popularly called ''chicken'' in some areas
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Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
'', American adult stop motion-animated sketch comedy television series
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The Chicken (dance), a popular American rhythm and blues dance
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The San Diego Chicken
The San Diego Chicken, also known as The Famous Chicken, the KGB Chicken or just The Chicken, is a sports mascot played by Ted Giannoulas.
History Origin
The character originated in 1974 in an animated TV commercial for KGB-FM Radio in San Diego. ...
, a San Diego–based sports mascot, also called ''The Chicken''
See also
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