"chicken scratch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-chicken scratch.ogg [Australia] Forms: chicken scratches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chicken scratch (countable and uncountable, plural chicken scratches)
  1. Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products. Wikidata QID: Q7235610 Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: scratch[Appendix:Glossary Hypernyms: feed, food Related terms: scratcher, rasorial
    Sense id: en-chicken_scratch-en-noun-en:Q7235610 Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 8 5 41 13
  2. (informal, idiomatic) Cramped or illegible handwriting. Wikidata QID: Q110015752 Tags: countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable Synonyms: scratch[Appendix:Glossary, scrawl Translations (informal: illegible handwriting): ագռավի ճանկեր (agṙavi čanker) [plural] (Armenian), blechy [feminine, plural] (Czech), kragetæer [common-gender, plural] (Danish), hanenpoten (Dutch), harakanvarpaat [plural] (Finnish), pattes de mouche [feminine, plural] (French), hiéroglyphes [masculine, plural] (French), griffonnage [masculine] (French), Sauklaue [feminine] (German), Krähenfüße [masculine, plural] (German), ορνιθοσκαλίσματα (ornithoskalísmata) [neuter, plural] (Greek), cakar ayam (Malay), pisanie jak kura pazurem [neuter] (Polish), garrancho [masculine] (Portuguese), кара́кули (karákuli) [feminine, plural] (Russian), как ку́рица лапой (kak kúrica lapoj) (Russian), scrittura a pedi di jaḍḍina [feminine] (Sicilian), garrapato [masculine] (Spanish), garambainas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), garabato [masculine] (Spanish), อักษรไก่เขี่ย (àk-sɔ̌ɔn-gài-kìia) (Thai), кара́кулі (karákuli) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), як ку́рка ла́пою (jak kúrka lápoju) (Ukrainian), chữ như gà bới (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-chicken_scratch-en-noun-en:Q110015752 Categories (other): Writing Disambiguation of Writing: 13 61 6 14 7 Disambiguation of 'informal: illegible handwriting': 7 81 2 6 5
  3. A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Amish embroidery, Depression lace
    Sense id: en-chicken_scratch-en-noun-en:embroidery
  4. A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  5. A type of dragging two-step performed to this. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicken_scratch-en-noun-en:dance_performed_to_dance_music Categories (other): Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 8 5 41 13

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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scratcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "rasorial"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2008, Richard Dwight Apgar, Tough Shit, Eliot: A Yank's Tale, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:",
          "text": "A soft odor of chicken scratch, mash, and manure always permeated the air when you approached. Attached to the chicken coop was a smokehouse that contained several smoked ham shoulders hanging from hooks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "feed"
        },
        {
          "word": "food"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grain",
          "grain"
        ],
        [
          "corn",
          "corn"
        ],
        [
          "wheat",
          "wheat"
        ],
        [
          "barley",
          "barley"
        ],
        [
          "sorghum",
          "sorghum"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q7235610"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scratch[Appendix:Glossary"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q7235610"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              78,
              93
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2014, A. Meredith Walters, Light in the Shadows, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "The pencil in my hand was limp between my fingers and I couldn't focus on the chicken scratch on the pages. My breathing had become shallow and my heart was racing. I was in the midst of a full-blown panic attack.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cramped or illegible handwriting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illegible",
          "illegible"
        ],
        [
          "handwriting",
          "handwriting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) Cramped or illegible handwriting."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:Q110015752"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scratch[Appendix:Glossary"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrawl"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikidata": [
        "Q110015752"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross-stitch",
          "cross-stitch"
        ],
        [
          "embroidery",
          "embroidery"
        ],
        [
          "gingham",
          "gingham"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:embroidery"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Amish embroidery"
        },
        {
          "word": "Depression lace"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tohono O'odham",
          "Tohono O'odham"
        ],
        [
          "norteño",
          "norteño"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:dance music"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of dragging two-step performed to this."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two-step",
          "two-step"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:dance performed to dance music"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-chicken scratch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/En-au-chicken_scratch.ogg/En-au-chicken_scratch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/En-au-chicken_scratch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "agṙavi čanker",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ագռավի ճանկեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "blechy"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kragetæer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "hanenpoten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "harakanvarpaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pattes de mouche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hiéroglyphes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "griffonnage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sauklaue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Krähenfüße"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ornithoskalísmata",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ορνιθοσκαλίσματα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "cakar ayam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pisanie jak kura pazurem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garrancho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "karákuli",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кара́кули"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kak kúrica lapoj",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "как ку́рица лапой"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scrittura a pedi di jaḍḍina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garrapato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "garambainas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garabato"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "àk-sɔ̌ɔn-gài-kìia",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "อักษรไก่เขี่ย"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "karákuli",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кара́кулі"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "jak kúrka lápoju",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "як ку́рка ла́пою"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "informal: illegible handwriting",
      "word": "chữ như gà bới"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chicken scratch"
}

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