Urban Dictionary: chicken scratch

When your handwriting is unreadable by anybody but yourself.

Tom's teacher complained that only Tom could read his won chicken scratch.

by Rich June 20, 2003

Excessively messy, unreadable handwriting. Usually similar to; if not, a serial killer's handwriting.

Man I couldn't read the note he wrote me. It was straight up chicken scratch, on the real.

by Foxy June 17, 2003

When you scratch off the top few layers of skin (usually on your hand). Not necessarily so it bleeds, but it does scab.

Hey what's that on your hand?!
Oh,. it's just a chicken scratch..yu should try one.

by LillieCullen March 28, 2009

A form of self harm where the harmer scratches himself/herself until they bleed

by Hoogan June 04, 2006

chicken scratch is illegible writing.

wtf is that chicken scratch? i can't understand it!

by Thuggish June 20, 2003

bad handwriting; looks like something a chicken would scratch in the mud with its nails.

He failed penmanship because of his "chicken scratch" handwriting.

by Anonymous June 18, 2003

by d00d June 20, 2003