A female chicken (Gallus gallus), particularly a sexually mature one kept for her eggs. / A female of other bird species, particularly a sexually mature female fowl.

Alternative form of mother-hen

(dialectal) Hence.

(dialectal) To throw.

plural of hen

present participle of hen

simple past tense and past participle of hen

(idiomatic, Southern US) Under no circumstances; absolutely not.

plural of hen and chicken

(ornithology) The female roadrunner.