chicken-and-egg

chick·en-and-egg

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chik-uh n and eg]
- /ˈtʃɪk ən ænd ɛg/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [chik-uh n and eg]
- /ˈtʃɪk ən ænd ɛg/

Definitions of chicken-and-egg word

adjective chicken-and-egg of or relating to a paradoxical situation, question, etc. involving two factors, each of which in turn causes or leads to the other 3
adjective chicken-and-egg of, relating to, or being a dilemma of which of two things came first or of which is the cause and which the effect: a chicken-and-egg question of whether matter or energy is the basis of the universe. 1

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Origin of chicken-and-egg

First appearance:

before 1955

One of the 4% newest English words

First recorded in 1955-60

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Parts of speech for Chicken-and-egg

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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chicken-and-egg popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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