- run around like a headless chook
- Australian Slangbe in a state of confusion or panic (from earlier "chooky", "chuckey", from British dialect, ultimately imitative of the cackling of chickens)
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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
