headlesshead‧less /ˈhedləs/ adjective - Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.
- Excavators found headless Goddess figurines, squatting in birth postures.
- Reminds me of that headless bride back behind Sweet Home.
- Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.
- The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
- The lead broke off neatly, leaving a kind of headless cone, a wooden volcano.
- The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.
- Then he released the headless cockerel.
► running around like headless chickens We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way). NOUN► body· Weeks later, Moura's headless body surfaced.· The protesters accuse Kuchma of ordering the murder of Gongadze, whose headless body was found in woods last November.· Then his headless body fell and lay there, motionless, next to Wolfe's.
► chicken· Strandli was a headless chicken but went close once.· The Quay at Devizes is quite a bustle, the headless chickens are definitely in on the act here.· The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.· Witness last October's petrol-price protests, when ministers rushed around like headless chickens because the boss was ill in hospital.· She continued to twitch like a headless chicken long after she was dead. 0019.
► run around like a headless chicken- The arcade section is hideous, featuring computer-controlled players running around like headless chickens and never attempting a tackle.
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