Chicken Scratch (Noun)
Meaning
Cramped or illegible handwriting.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The doctor's prescription was written in chicken scratch, making it impossible for the pharmacist to decipher the medication.
- Her grandmother's recipe book was filled with chicken scratch, but she was determined to decipher the secret ingredient.
- The teacher struggled to read the student's homework, written in messy chicken scratch that looked more like squiggles than words.
- After a few too many cups of coffee, John's handwriting devolved into chicken scratch, rendering his notes useless.
- The historical document was written in fancy chicken scratch, making it a challenge for historians to translate the text.