like a chicken with its head cut off

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like a chicken with its head cut off

phrase like a chicken with its head off · like a chicken with no head · like a headless chicken · like a headless chook

  1. informal In a frantic, disorganized manner. His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off—such was the simile that occurred to him.

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prep_phrase in a frantic, disorganized manner

Españolcomo pollo sin cabeza
Deutschkopflos
Ελληνικάσαν την άδικη κατάρα san tin ádiki katára
Русскийкак ку́рица с отру́бленной голово́й kak kúrica s otrúblennoj golovój

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"like a chicken with its head cut off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20with%20its%20head%20cut%20off. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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like a chicken with its head cut off. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20with%20its%20head%20cut%20off

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"like a chicken with its head cut off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20with%20its%20head%20cut%20off.

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@misc{like_a_chicken_with_its_head_cut_off_2026,
  title = {like a chicken with its head cut off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/like%20a%20chicken%20with%20its%20head%20cut%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}