- Run around like a headless chook
- be in a state of confusion or panic (from earlier "chooky", "chuckey", from British dialect, ultimately imitative of the cackling of chickens)
Dictionary of Australian slang . 2013.
Run around like a headless chook
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run around like a headless chook — Australian Slang be in a state of confusion or panic (from earlier chooky , chuckey , from British dialect, ultimately imitative of the cackling of chickens) … English dialects glossary
