sometime and chew this over? We can
chew it over at lunch. 2. tv. to think some-
thing over. I’ll have to chew it over for
a while. I’m not sure now. Don’t chew
it over too long. The offer is only good till
Friday.chew the cheesetv. to vomit. Fred’s out
in the bushes, chewing the cheese. The
cat’s chewing the cheese on the living room
carpet again.
chew the fat and chew the ragtv. to chat
or gossip. Put your carcass over on the
chair, and let’s chew the fat for a while.
We were just chewing the rag. Nothing im-
portant.
chew the ragGo to chew the fat.
chezGo to chas.
chi-chi[“SiSi] mod. elegant. Oh, you look
so chi-chi in that lace blouse. Her liv-
ing room is so chi-chi that you are afraid
to go in.
chickn. a girlor woman. Who’s the chick
driving the ragtop? We’re gonna take
some chicks to dinner and then catch a
f lick.
chickenn. a coward. Come on, let’s go.
Don’t be a chicken. He’s no fun. He’s a
chicken.
chicken feedn. a small amount of money.
(See also peanuts.) Sure I can afford it.
It’s just chicken feed. It may be chicken
feed to you, but that’s a month’s rent to me.
chicken-heartedmod. cowardly. Yes,
I’m a chicken-hearted softie. I hope you
don’t want to make something of it. He’s
chicken-hearted, but I still love him.
chicken out (of something)in. to man-
age to get out of something, usually be-
cause of fear or cowardice. Come on!
Don’t chicken out now! Freddy chick-
ened out of the plan at the last minute.
chicken powdern. powdered ampheta-
mine. (Drugs.) Those kids seem to be
satisfied with chicken powder. Nobody
is satisfied with chicken powder for very
long.
chicken shit 1. n. virtually nothing. (From
chicken feed. Usually objectionable.)
Fifty bucks! That’s just chicken shit! 2.
mod. cowardly. (Usually objectionable.)
You are such a chicken shit coward!
Stand up and fight! 3. mod. worthless.
(Usually objectionable.) I don’t want
this chicken shit pizza! Get me one with
pepperoni on it, not dead fish.
chiefn. the person in charge. (Also a term
of address.) Okay, chief, where to?
You got a couple of clams to pay the toll
with, chief?
chief cook and bottle washerGo to head
cook and bottle washer.
chill 1. and chillyn. a cold can of beer.
Hey, toss me a chill, would ya, buddy?
You ready for another chill? 2. tv. to kill
someone. (Underworld.) Rocko had or-
ders to chill Barlowe or not to show his face
again. I’ll chill you with one blast from
my cannon, you creep. 3. tv. to frighten
someone. (Standard English.) The
specter chilled everyone who saw it. The
prospect of having to go in there alone
chilled Wally, but good. 4. tv. to reject
someone. The whole gang chilled him,
and this really made him come home.
She chilled me once too often. I won’t take
that from a dame. 5. Go to chill (out). 6.
tv. & in. to relax; to cause someone to re-
lax; to hang out [with someone]. (See
also chill (out).) Go out there and chill
those people. They are getting wild!
They are chilling now. For a while they
were real rowdy.
chillin’mod. great; excellent. I had one
chillin’ time last night. Everybody there
was chillin’.
chill (out)in. to calm down; to be cool;to
get cool;to relax. All right now, peo-
ple, chill... chill. Before we can debate
this matter, you’re all gonna have to chill
out.
chill someone’s action tv. to squelch
someone; to prevent someone from ac-
complishing something. Freddie is try-
ing to chill my action, and I’m a little
steamed about that. Just wait! I’ll chill
his action—just you wait.
chillum[“tSIl@m] n. a pipe or device used
for the smoking of marijuana. (Drugs.)chew the cheese