chicken scratch noun5 •(informal) Cramped or illegible handwriting. •Chicken feed consisting of random mixed grains such as corn, wheat, barley, sorghum and milling by-products. •A type of cross-stitch embroidery done on gingham fabric. •A Tohono O'odham style of dance music derived from norteño. •A type of dragging two-step performed to this. formschicken scratches