Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A confirmed pessimist, particularly one who warns of impending disaster.
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- proper noun A children’s
fable about ahen who, in the classical version, believes the sky is falling after anacorn hits her head, journeys to inform the King, and is finally eaten byFoxy Loxy . Also known by other names including The Sky is Falling. - proper noun The main character in this story, a
hysterical hen, alternatively namedChicken Licken under a different title. - proper noun By extension, one who panics at the slightest provocation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She's got a chicken, it's called Chicken Little, and he ain't been himself but when he -- when she got home, he done a little dance all around the thing.
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The Nov. 3, 2005, issue of the Kansas City Star has an excellent piece by Robert W. Butler on the significance of the current 3D version of Chicken Little and puts it in perspective in terms of what has been before and what's coming ahead . . . with 'Chicken Little' opening in 3-D, more films will follow . . .
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ANDERSON: People are fascinated by Hollywood, and in "Chicken Little," you voice Chicken Little ` s very frustrated father.
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Three titles are available immediately: Bolt, Chicken Little, and Meet the Robinsons, but more will rolled out throughout 2011.
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The risk in such situations is always that businesses use ready-made political allies to play Chicken Little and proclaim that the country is being subverted as a means to protect their own privileges.
Christopher Sabatini: Humala: We Wait Christopher Sabatini 2011
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He does not neglect, for instance, to tell the story of Chicken Little, who thinks the sky was falling in.
Apocalypse Now And Then Kenneth Minogue 2011
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My farm experience consisted of one field trip and approximately two hundred picture books about Old MacDonald and Chicken Little and cows that typed.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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The risk in such situations is always that businesses use ready-made political allies to play Chicken Little and proclaim that the country is being subverted as a means to protect their own privileges.
Christopher Sabatini: Humala: We Wait Christopher Sabatini 2011
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The children's story Chicken Little came to mind, specifically the phrase, "The sky is falling!" replaced by "Multivitamins mean death!"
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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The children's story Chicken Little came to mind, specifically the phrase, "The sky is falling!" replaced by "Multivitamins mean death!"
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.: Just Say No to...Vitamins? Ph.D. Dr. Gregory Jantz 2011
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