chicken run

doing something last minute, usually the result of disorganization or procrastination

K: Did you finish your assignment?
B: nah, Im gonna pull a chicken run Monday morning

by Urby Ambcock December 9, 2008

Chicken Run

An informal expression for the illegal operation of trafficking Hispanic immigrants across the border to the USA or vice versa.

These operations were run by traffickers nicknamed polleros; drivers of trucks modified to hide twenty or more immigrants in its carriage. The trucks are often disguised as delivery vans or oil tankers.

The truck was found to be a chicken run, driving out of Juarez and into the south of Texas. The border patrol has been playing hide-and-seek with these polleros for 2 years.

by InfinityG October 2, 2019

Chicken Run

A term sometimes used in software development, most likely in the video game industry,

to describe a person's code or asset submit to the project's source control (ie: Perforce)

just before leaving the office for an extended period, ie:(before lunch or the end of day),

without the person staying to see his code / asset submission breaks the build / code compilation.

May also be used in a changelist description by the person submitting the code / asset change to warn others he is conscious about the abomination he/she did.

Also see:
Ninja Chicken
Blind Chicken

Joe did a chicken run again and broke the build.

As a changelist description:
Batman25 - updated main character for tonight's demo deliverable - CHICKEN RUN

by mbdash June 27, 2018

Chicken Run

When you and your friends are at the mall and are hungry, but don't feel like buying anything. Thus, you walk by the restaurants at the food court that hand out free chicken (usually bourbon chicken). Often repeated as hunger necessitates.

"Dude, I'm hungry but I don't have any money!."
"It's okay, let's make a chicken run!"

by howdyhowdy June 2, 2008

chicken run

To perform the chicken-run:
1. Get friend drunk/stoned.
2. Tie their hands in front of them.
3. Peel down their pants at the back just enough so their crack is showing.
4. Insert a small strip of toilet paper into the victim...i mean, friend's brown baby boy button.
5. Set fire to aforementioned TP and, since their hands are tied up so they cant reach back to put it out, they run around for a while like a chicken.
6. Watch and chuckle. Filming the ordeal is good blackmail.

"ok, when hotpopulardrunkchick passes out, we'll chickenrun her"

by Sparkolophogus November 26, 2003

Chicken Run

Making a run for it across a busy street/road while there is oncoming traffic.

Friend 1: “We’ve got to hurry and cross the street before these cars come!”
Friend 2: “Chicken Run!”

by Iman’ July 2, 2021

chicken run

The activity and competition of driving as fast as possible to the end of a location (most commonly a road, cliff, or tunnel) before braking without crashing, becoming injured, or dying.

Named because the driver is the "chicken" if unwilling to participate or go fast enough where it poses serious danger.

Person 1: "I bet you won't chicken run your new BMW!"
Person 2: "I'll do it, but you have to do it as well... are you chicken?"

by spritefalcon December 4, 2024