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/Sounds like "EER" (as in "eagle") + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "POH" (as in "port") + "yoh" (as in "yoke") + "SEEN" (as in "see") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "sah" (as in "salsa")/

Meaning

To run around like a headless chicken, frantic, disorganized, with no idea what to do or where to go. The perfect image of chaos without direction.

Examples

She arrived late and scrambled around like a headless chicken looking for her things.

The team works like headless chickens, nobody knows what they're doing.

Regional synonyms

A street criminal or shady character with a dangerous edge. In Argentina, "malandra" comes from the Italian "malandrino" (rogue, bandit) brought over with Italian immigration to the Río de la Plata. It implies real street-level danger, a step above a petty trickster.