adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
running around like headless chickens (= trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way )
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We were all running around like headless chickens .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
body
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Weeks later, Moura's headless body surfaced.
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The protesters accuse Kuchma of ordering the murder of Gongadze, whose headless body was found in woods last November.
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Then his headless body fell and lay there, motionless, next to Wolfe's.
chicken
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Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.
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The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.
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The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
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Witness last October's petrol-price protests, when ministers rushed around like headless chickens because the boss was ill in hospital.
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She continued to twitch like a headless chicken long after she was dead. 0019.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.
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Excavators found headless Goddess figurines, squatting in birth postures.
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Reminds me of that headless bride back behind Sweet Home.
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Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.
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The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
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The lead broke off neatly, leaving a kind of headless cone, a wooden volcano.
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The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.
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Then he released the headless cockerel.