chicken feed

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chicken feed

noun chicken feeds · chickenfeed · chicken-feed · chicken feet

countable, uncountable Food (usually grain) given to poultry.
Similar: chicken scratch, scratch
countable, idiomatic, uncountable A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money. Near-synonyms: pocket change, pocket money, chump change
Similar: pocket change, pocket money, chump change
Singlish, countable, uncountable A trivial or easy task; a piece of cake. BMT [Basic Military Training] was literally ‘chicken feet’ compared to Officer Cadet School (OCS) […]

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noun food for poultry

한국어	닭모이 dangmoi
日本語	チキンフィード chikin fīdo
Português	ração para aves
Deutsch	Hühnerfutter
Italiano	bozzima
Русский	корм для кур korm dlja kur, кури́ный корм kurínyj korm

noun small quantity of money

한국어	푼돈 pundon
日本語	端金 hashitagane
Português	mixaria
Français	fifrelin, trois fois rien
Deutsch	lächerliche Summe
Русский	гроши́ groší

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@misc{chicken_feed_2026,
  title = {chicken feed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20feed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}