"chicken feed" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-chicken feed.ogg [Australia] Forms: chicken feeds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chicken feed (countable and uncountable, plural chicken feeds)
  1. Food (usually grain) given to poultry. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Animal foods, Money Synonyms: chickenfeed, chicken-feed Translations (food for poultry): hønsefoder [neuter] (Danish), kyllingefoder [neuter] (Danish), kippenvoer [neuter] (Dutch), kananrehu (Finnish), Hühnerfutter [neuter] (German), bozzima [feminine] (Italian), 닭모이 (dangmoi) (Korean), ração para aves [feminine] (Portuguese), корм для кур (korm dlja kur) [masculine] (Russian), кури́ный корм (kurínyj korm) [masculine] (Russian), kycklingfoder [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chicken_feed-en-noun-TFF5c0kE Disambiguation of Animal foods: 92 3 6 Disambiguation of Money: 58 30 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of 'food for poultry': 94 2 4
  2. (idiomatic) A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (small quantity of money): pähkinät [plural] (Finnish), hilut [plural] (Finnish), fifrelin [masculine] (French), trois fois rien (French), lächerliche Summe [feminine] (German), はした金 (hashitagane) (alt: はしたがね) (Japanese), 푼돈 (pundon) (Korean), mixaria [feminine] (Portuguese), гроши́ (groší) [plural] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chicken_feed-en-noun-8Voqq6mb Disambiguation of 'small quantity of money': 2 93 5
  3. (Singlish) A trivial or easy task; a piece of cake. Tags: Singlish, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-chicken_feed-en-noun-OoeRnH8~ Categories (other): Singlish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Sense 3, erroneously): chicken feet [Singlish]
Disambiguation of 'Sense 3, erroneously': 49 50 0

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