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2 PHRASAL VERB If something is chewed up , it has been destroyed or damaged in some way. [INFORMAL ] □ [be V -ed P ] Every spring the ozone is chewed up, and the hole appears. □ [V P n] …rebels who are now chewing up Government-held territory. □ [V n P ] This town is notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out.

che w|ing gum N‑UNCOUNT Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it. □  …a stick of chewing gum.

chewy /tʃuː i/ (chewier , chewiest ) ADJ If food is chewy , it needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow. □  The meat was too chewy. □  …chewy chocolate cookies.

chia|ro|scu|ro /kiæ rəskʊə roʊ/ N‑UNCOUNT Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place. □  …the natural chiaroscuro of the place.

chic /ʃiː k/

1 ADJ Something or someone that is chic is fashionable and sophisticated. □  Her gown was very French and very chic.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Chic is used to refer to a particular style or to the quality of being chic. □  …French designer chic.

chi|can|ery /ʃ I ke I nəri/ N‑UNCOUNT Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. [FORMAL ]

chi|ca|no /tʃ I ke I noʊ/ (chicanos ) N‑COUNT A chicano is an American citizen, whose family originally came from Mexico. [AM ] □  …views expressed by one young Chicano interviewed by Phinney.

chick /tʃ I k/ (chicks ) N‑COUNT A chick is a baby bird.

chick|en ◆◇◇ /tʃ I k I n/ (chickens , chickening , chickened )

1 N‑COUNT Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat. □  Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs. □  …free-range chickens. ● N‑UNCOUNT Chicken is the flesh of this bird eaten as food. □  …roast chicken with wild mushrooms. □  …chicken soup.

2 N‑COUNT If someone calls you a chicken , they mean that you are afraid to do something. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  I'm scared of the dark. I'm a big chicken. ● ADJ [v-link ADJ ] Chicken is also an adjective. □  Why are you so chicken, Gregory?

3 PHRASE If you say that someone is counting their chickens , you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain. □  I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched.

4 PHRASE If you describe a situation as a chicken and egg situation, you mean that it is impossible to decide which of two things caused the other one. □  It's a chicken and egg question: does team spirit lead to winning or does winning generate team spirit?

5chickens come home to roost → see roost

▸  chicken out PHRASAL VERB If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P + of ] His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions such as weddings. □ [V P ] I had never ridden on a motor-cycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.

chi ck|en feed also chickenfeed N‑UNCOUNT If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chicken feed . □  I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.

chicken|pox /tʃ I k I npɒks/ also chicken pox N‑UNCOUNT Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.

chi ck|en wire N‑UNCOUNT Chicken wire is a type of thin wire netting.

chi ck flick (chick flicks ) N‑COUNT A chick flick is a romantic film that is not very serious and is intended to appeal to women. [INFORMAL ]