Word.ws English Dictionary

ran around like a chicken with its head cut off

ran around like a chicken with its head cut off is the simple past of run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Meaning of run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Verb

run around like a chicken with its head cut off (third-person singular simple present runs around like a chicken with its head cut off, present participle running around like a chicken with its head cut off, simple past ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, past participle run around like a chicken with its head cut off)

  1. (idiomatic) To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.
    • The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Questions about ran around like a chicken with its head cut off

What is ran around like a chicken with its head cut off the simple past of?
Ran around like a chicken with its head cut off is the simple past of run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Words near ran around like a chicken with its head cut off in the dictionary

  1. ran an errand
  2. ran and gunned
  3. ran and repeated
  4. ran around
  5. ran around after
  6. ran around like a chicken with its head cut off
  7. ran around with
  8. ran around with one's hair on fire
  9. ran at
  10. ran at the mouth
  11. ran away

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ran around like a chicken with its head cut off (page history and authors); run around like a chicken with its head cut off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ran around like a chicken with its head cut off.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ran_around_like_a_chicken_with_its_head_cut_off. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.