chicken scratch

n. Informal An instance of cramped or illegible handwriting: "his signature—an unforgeably idiosyncratic chicken scratch" (Alex Shoumatoff).

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Noun

chicken scratch - cramped or illegible handwritingcacography, scrawl, scribble, scratch - poor handwriting

Chicken Scratch

Drug slang Regional drug slang referring to the frenetic manner in which a crack cocaine addict searches on hands and knees for crystals that have fallen from his or her pipe, fancifully likened to the manner in which chickens peck at the ground for grain
Vox populi A popular term for virtually illegible handwriting, as in 'Dr X has been asked to type in his medication orders, because no one can read his chicken scratch'

chicken scratch

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Words related to chicken scratch

noun cramped or illegible handwriting

Related Words

cacography
scrawl
scribble
scratch

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