Meanings
nounchicken run (plural chicken runs)
plural chicken runs
- An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
Synonyms: chicken pen, chickenyard, chookyard
- historicalslangThe act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.
By 1979, thousands had 'gapped it', or taken the 'chicken run', as emigration was derisively known […]
2019, David Kenrick, Decolonisation, Identity and Nation in Rhodesia, 1964-1979, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
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Translations
Dutch kippenren
- kippenrenenclosed area for poultry
Finnish kanatarha
- kanatarhaenclosed area for poultry
German Hühnerhof, Auslauf für Hühner
- Hühnerhofenclosed area for poultry
- Auslauf für Hühnerenclosed area for poultry
- Hühnerauslaufenclosed area for poultry
- Hühnergehegeenclosed area for poultry
- Hühnerpferchenclosed area for poultry
Swedish hönsgård
- hönsgårdenclosed area for poultry
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APA
chicken run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20run
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“chicken run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20run. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chicken run,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20run.
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