playchicken (third-person singular simple presentplays chicken,present participleplaying chicken,simple past and past participleplayed chicken)

1. (idiomatic) As arisky test ofcourage, todrive twovehicles directly toward one anotherin order to see which driver willswerve away first.
2. (informal, slang) Toengage in a mutualchallenge orthreat,expecting theopponent towithdraw before an actualconflict orcollision.

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