1. A false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
   "His excuse for missing the meeting was just chickenshit"

Derived forms: chickenshits

Type of: applesauce [N. Amer, informal], bilge [informal], bull [slang], buncombe [informal], bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], drivel, falderal, flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], folderol, garbage, guff [informal], hogwash [informal], Irish bull [slang], jive [N. Amer, informal], junk [informal], nonsense, rhubarb [Brit, informal], rot [informal], rubbish [informal], trash [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], wish-wash [informal]

Encyclopedia: Chickenshit