LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN

Meaning of LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN in English

informal

in a panic-stricken and unthinking manner.

→ chicken

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEADLESS — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. having no head, having the head cut off ; beheaded, having no chief, lacking …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHICKEN — One of the most widely domesticated poultry species ( Gallus gallus ), raised worldwide for its meat and eggs. Descended …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADLESS — ˈhedlə̇s adjective Etymology: Middle English hevedles, hedles, from Old English hēafodlēas, from hēafod head + -lēas -less — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADLESS — (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADLESS — (a.) Destitute of a chief or leader.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADLESS — (a.) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADLESS — ( a. ) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADLESS — ( a. ) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADLESS — ( a. ) Destitute of a chief or leader.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADLESS — — headlessness , n. /hed"lis/ , adj. 1. without a head. 2. having the head cut off; beheaded. 3. having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHICKEN — /chik"euhn/ , n. 1. a domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus, descended from various jungle fowl of southeastern Asia and developed in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADLESS — adj. having no head, without a head; decapitated; leaderless; foolish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHICKEN — adj. made from chicken, containing chicken (of food); having the flavor of chicken (of food); fearful, lacking courage (Slang); unimportant, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEADLESS — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. a. : having no head b. : having the head cut off : beheaded …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
HEADLESS — adj destitute of a chief or leader. 2. headless ·adj having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or …
Webster English vocab
HEADLESS — [head.less] adj (bef. 12c) 1 a: having no head b: having the head cut off: beheaded 2: having no chief …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHICKEN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEADLESS — headless BrE AmE ˈhed ləs -lɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHICKEN — chicken BrE AmE ˈtʃɪk ɪn - ə n ▷ chicken|ed d ▷ chicken|ing ɪŋ ▷ chicken|s z ▶ ˈ chicken …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEADLESS — / ˈhedləs; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ] without a head : a headless body / corpse • …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHICKEN
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEADLESS — head ‧ less /ˈhedləs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ head , ↑ heading , ↑ overhead …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. n. (pl. same or chickens) 1 a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
CHICKEN — n., adj., & v. --n. (pl. same or chickens) 1. a young bird of a domestic fowl. 2 a a …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEADLESS — If the body of a person or animal is headless , the head has been cut off. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHICKEN — ( chickens, chickening, chickened) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Chickens are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEADLESS — If the body of a person or animal is ~, the head has been cut off. ADJ
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HEADLESS — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES running around like headless chickens (= trying to do a lot of things, in an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHICKEN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES broiler chicken chicken feed ▪ The bank offered to lend us £1,000 but that’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEADLESS — [adjective] [not gradable]The headless body (= one with the head cut off) of a sheep was found in a ditch.(humorous) …
Cambridge English vocab
HEADLESS — Synonyms and related words : brainless, crownless, foolish, ignorant, inept, insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mindless, not bright, of little …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHICKEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEADLESS — a. 1. Acephalous. 2. Beheaded. 3. Imprudent, senseless, rash, obstinate, stubborn, heady. See headstrong .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HEADLESS — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HEADLESS — adj. Headless is used with these nouns: ↑ corpse , ↑ torso
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHICKEN — noun 1 bird ADJECTIVE ▪ battery ( BrE ), broiler , corn-fed , free-range ▪ Free-range ~s have happy lives. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEADLESS — прил. 1) а) не имеющий головы, безголовый б) обезглавленный (без головы - о живом существе, или без верхней части - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKEN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEADLESS — Бессмысленный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEADLESS — a 1. 1> обезглавленный 2> не имеющий головки или верхушки 2. не имеющий руководителя, лишённый руководства 3. безголовый, безмозглый; глупый, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHICKEN — chicken.ogg 1. ʹtʃıkın n 1. цыплёнок 2. (молодая) курочка; молодой петушок spring chicken - а) с.-х. мясной цыплёнок, откормленный к …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEADLESS — обезглавленный лишенный руководства бессмысленный, глупый
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHICKEN
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIKE — _I 1. laık n 1) чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого человека, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHICKEN — 1. ʹtʃıkın n 1. цыплёнок 2. (молодая) курочка; молодой петушок spring chicken - а) с.-х. мясной цыплёнок, откормленный к весенней …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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