- run around like a chook with its head cut off
- Australian Slangbe in a state of confusion or panic (from earlier "chooky", "chuckey", from British dialect, ultimately imitative of the cackling of chickens)
English dialects glossary. 2013.
run around like a chook with its head cut off
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