/ Dictionary / Index C chicken-and-egg: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: chick•en-and-egg Pronunciation: (chik'un-un-eg', -und-), [key] — adj. of, pertaining 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. chicken adder chicken breast Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pedagogy Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language