chicken feed

chicken feed

noun

Definition of CHICKEN FEED

slang

: a paltry sum (as in profits or wages)

Examples of CHICKEN FEED

1. The project cost almost a million dollars, which isn't exactly chicken feed.
2. Ten bucks? That's chicken feed!

First Known Use of CHICKEN FEED

1836

Related to CHICKEN FEED

Synonyms: mite [slang], chump change, dime, hay, peanuts, pin money, pittance, shoestring, song, two cents

Antonyms: big buck(s), boodle, bundle, fortune, king's ransom, megabuck(s), mint, wad

Related Words: petty cash, pocket money, spending money

Near Antonyms: bankroll, capital, funds, means, wherewithal; opulence, pelf, riches, treasure, wealth; heap, pile, pot; bonanza, mine, treasure trove, treasury

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Rhymes with CHICKEN FEED

aniseed, antecede, beating reed, beggarweed, bitterweed, bottle-feed, bugleweed, butterweed, carpetweed, centipede, copyread, cottonseed, cottonweed, crazyweed, double reed, Ganymede, giant reed, go to seed, interbreed, intercede, interplead, jewelweed, jimsonweed, locoweed, millipede, Nicene Creed, overfeed, pedigreed, pickerelweed, poppy seed, Port Said, pumpkinseed, quitclaim deed, retrocede, rosinweed, Runnymede, silverweed, supersede, thimbleweed, title deed, tumbleweed, underfeed, up to speed, waterweed