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Meaning of "like a headless chicken" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN

like a bat out of hell
like a bird
like a blue-arsed fly
like a bomb
like a cat on a hot tin roof
like a charm
like a dog´s dinner
like a dose of salts
like a fish out of water
like a house on fire
like a lamb to the slaughter
like a log
like a pakapoo ticket
like a shag on a rock
like a shot
like a ton of bricks
like anything
like billyo
like cat and dog
like clockwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN

awe-stricken
bricken
chicken
conscience-stricken
coronation chicken
Digby chicken
drucken
free-range chicken
grief-stricken
horror-stricken
mobile phone chicken
no chicken
panic-stricken
poverty-stricken
prairie chicken
quicken
sicken
spring chicken
stricken
terror-stricken
thicken

Synonyms and antonyms of like a headless chicken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «like a headless chicken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN

Find out the translation of like a headless chicken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of like a headless chicken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «like a headless chicken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

像无头鸡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

como un pollo sin cabeza
570 millions of speakers

English

like a headless chicken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक नेतृत्वहीन चिकन की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل دجاجة مقطوعة الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как безголовый цыпленок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

como uma galinha sem cabeça
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটি মাথাব্যথা মুরগির মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

comme un poulet sans tête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti ayam tanpa kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wie ein kopfloses Huhn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘッドレスチキンのような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리없는 닭 처럼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaya pitik tanpa kepala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống như một con gà không đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலையில்லாத கோழி போன்றது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एक मस्तহীন चिकन सारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kafasız tavuk gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

come un pollo senza testa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak kurczak bez głowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

як безголовий курча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ca un pui fără cap
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαν ένα ακέφαλο κοτόπουλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soos ´n onthoofde hoender
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

som en huvudlös kyckling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

som en hodeløs kylling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of like a headless chicken

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN»

The term «like a headless chicken» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about like a headless chicken

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN»

Discover the use of like a headless chicken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to like a headless chicken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lazy Winner: How to do more with less effort and succeed ...
The Lazy Winner is for all those who simply want to do more with less effort and succeed in their working and personal lives without rushing around like headless chickens or putting in 100 hour weeks.
Peter Taylor, 2011
2
Anglické obrazné fráze a idiomy - English as easy as ABC
“We've got ten guests coming to dinner tonight, and our poor mother is running around like a headless chicken!” – to run something like a headless chicken – dělat něco zmateně a nesystematicky The manager of the Apple Tree Activity Centre ...
Gulland Daphne M., 2011
3
Dancing with Idioms 4:
round like a headless ChiCken When the chef left the kitchen Karie Chetion was panic-stricken She ran round like a headless chicken and has no direction Meaning Example I was running round like a headless chicken when my colleague ...
WP Phan, 2013
4
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
I44 / LIKE A DUCK TO WATER Like a headless chicken A person behaving 'like a headless chicken' is behaving illogically. There is usually the implication that they are panicking about something that could be easily solved if they dealt with ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
5
Leadership 102: The Next Great Lesson
Examine whether your organization is like a headless chicken that just busily moves around in circles but is not achieving any real goals. If so, it will eventually run out of steam. Sooner or later, the headless chicken will cease to move and ...
Dean Leav, 2005
6
The Spaniard's Virgin Housekeeper (Mills & Boon Modern)
Having been found out in his duplicity, Izzy had fully expected him either to bluster or simply shrug and walk away. She certainly didn't expect his lazy reply. ' Do you always act like a headless chicken when faced with a crisis? Didn't it cross ...
Diana Hamilton, 2009
7
Einstein's Refrigerator: And Other Stories from the Flip ...
Some of the events included the 5K Run Like a Headless Chicken race, egg tosses, Pin the Head on the Chicken, the Chicken Cluck-Off, and the classic Chicken Dance. The food offerings included-you guessed it-chicken, chicken salad, and ...
Steve Silverman, 2001
8
Ramble Colorado: The Wanderer's Guide to the Offbeat, ...
Fruita also plays host to a festival every May that invites visitors to "Party their heads off" and "Run like a headless chicken" in a 5K. Rusty's Dream U.S. 6 and 8th St., in front of Palisades National Bank, Palisade Dreaming of a world without  ...
Eric Peterson, 2008
9
Don't Stand in the Corner: It's Time to Take Centre Stage
should be doing something, anything, running around like a headless chicken. Just DO something – you don't earn enough money to be just sitting and contemplating, you should be panicking, fretting, desperately looking for a job, even one ...
River Sweeney, 2013
10
Weird U.S.: The Oddyssey Continues : Your Travel Guide to ...
Events vary from year to year but include a 5K race dubbed Run Like a Headless Chicken, a polka band for the Chicken Dance Contest, eating contests featuring marshmallow Peeps or chicken wings, and a game of flag football with a ...
Mark Sceurman, Mark Moran, Matt Lake, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term like a headless chicken is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rangers strike against Celtic will live long in the memory says new …
... feeling to score and as it was my first career goal I didn't really know what to do – I think I just ended running around like a headless chicken! «Scunthorpe Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Butch James chats to Sport24
When I was really young, I didn't understand my exact role in the team and, at times, I would run around like a headless chicken. Looking back ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
3
Radiohead recycled: why rare 1980s Thom Yorke footage holds no …
There's a beauty in seeing something incubated until its ready to hatch. Something incomplete evolving. Like a headless chicken. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Beauty queens, including Hatton woman Miss Derbyshire, bury …
She said: "I'm feeling OK about it now, but next week I know I will be running around like a headless chicken. The teenager, who has finished at ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
5
Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties – as it …
... of Di Maria for aggravating his hamstring with a mazy run: “Don't try to resolve the game by yourself. He's running like a headless chicken!”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Bully recalls Italia 90 - some 25 years on!
I was running around like a headless chicken. The balls weren't coming in for me, England were playing a patient passing game. “Because ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
7
Supermarket giant seeks food donations
The communities manager Georgie is up for the challenge. She said: “I'll be ruunning around like a headless chicken. I'm very competitive.”. «Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra, Jul 15»
8
Get into tennis: Eight benefits from picking up a racket
While your first game might be just you running like a headless chicken across court, over time you learn shot patterns, including where a ... «Closer, Jul 15»
9
Dr M damaging the economy? NAJIB, DON'T MAKE US LAUGH
Now, 1MDB is running around like a headless chicken, selling away all its crown jewels. 1MDB parted with solid hard cash and ended up with ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
The Many Stages Of Festival Dressing
This often means running around like a headless chicken at nine AM on the Thursday morning of Glastonbury, raiding Claire's Accessories or ... «The Debrief, Jun 15»

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