chicken leg

English

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Noun

chicken leg (plural chicken legs)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken,‎ leg. The leg of a chicken.

   Synonym: drumstick

2. (bodybuilding slang) The genetically disadvantaged or otherwise underdeveloped shank of a man.
3. (in the plural, bodybuilding slang) Someone with underdeveloped leg muscles.

   Hey chicken legs, stop skipping leg day!

Translations

leg of a chicken, as food

• Catalan: cuixa de pollastre f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雞腿 / 鸡腿 (zh) (jītuǐ)

• Finnish: kanankoipi, broilerinkoipi
• French: patte de poulet f
• German: Hühnerbein (de) n
• Japanese: 鶏の脚 (にわとりのあし, niwatori-no ashi), 鶏の足 (にわとりのあし, niwatori-no ashi)
• Russian: кури́ная но́жка f (kurínaja nóžka), но́жка Бу́ша f (nóžka Búša)
• Spanish: muslo de pollo m
• Turkish: baget (tr), but (tr), tavuk baget, tavuk but

See also

• chicken wing