Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (also chicken’s head) a fool; thus chickenheaded, stupid.

1919		DN V 61: Chicken-head, a dull person.
1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS.
1968		‘Hy Lit’ Hy Lit’s Unbelievable Dict. of Hip Words 9: chicken head – A handle for someone who bugs you all the time.
1979		N. Algren in Harpers July (2009) 26/2: If that chicken-headed mayor would keep his chicken face out of my sex life, I’d have more respect for him.
1988		J. Healy Grass Arena (1990) 43: Noreen’s husband Mickey was supposed to be smart. I thought he was a chicken’s head.

2. an aggressive, unpleasant woman; thus chicken-headed adj.

1962		H.S. Thompson letter 26 May in Proud Highway (1997) 338: I convinced the lovely, but the chickenheaded madam held firm.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 232: chickenhead [...] 2. Aggressive or belligerent female.
2005		Hartford Courant (CT) 2 Jan. C06/5: The ones who [...] routinely refer to black women as bitches, hos, hoochies, skeezas and chickenheads.

3. a woman with little or no hair.

1972		E. Folb Urban Black Argot 135: Chickenhead a female with short-cropped hair; any unkempt, unattractive female.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 144: Chickenhead [...] ‘A lady who don’t have much hair. A bald-headed girl — no hair, look like a chicken.’.
1985		T.R. Houser Central Sl. 14: chicken head A girl who has over-permed or over-straightened her hair with chemicals which caused the hair to fall out. [...] ‘The girls down the street are a bunch of chicken heads’.

4. a woman with unruly, unkempt hair.

1972		E. Folb Urban Black Argot 135: Chickenhead a female with short-cropped hair; any unkempt, unattractive female.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 144: She got a chickenhead. Maybe her hair stand up on end.

5. a stupid, immature girl.

1995

L. Stavsky et al. A2Z 19/1: chicken head [...] someone who acts childish.

6. a fellatrix.

1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Chickenhead (noun) [...] 2. {vulgar} A person who performs oral sex on males.
2000		Ebonics Primer at www.dolemite.com 🌐 chicken head Definition: a woman who will suck your dick for drugs or money. Example: A chicken head is cheaper than a ho.
2006		R. Green ‘Gay & Black Glossary’ at mindprod.com 🌐 chicken head. A stupid girl who gives oral sex to a man.

7. a promiscuous woman.

1989		Willie D ‘Bald Headed Hoes’ 🎵 This song is for all the mutherfuckin chicken head bitches.
1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Chickenhead (noun) [...] 3. A person (usually female) who acts in a disrespectful way and is very easy, has no respect for herself as well as her body, sleeps around with anyone or who gives head.
2002		Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 chicken head n. a ghetto female ‘You see that chicken head over there?’.
2002		‘Touré’ Portable Promised Land (ms.) 156: We Words (My Favorite Things) [...] Chickenhead. Politick.
2004		G.D. Pough Check It While I Wreck It 135: The chickenhead is usually the girl who hangs around [...] because she wants something, usually money, protection, sex, or all three.
2008		in J. Miller Getting Played 129: ‘That’s what you would call something like a hoodrat, or a project chick [...] You know, a chick- enhead or something. Girls that just like gettin’ dogged out’.
2019		C.D. Rosales Word Is Bone [ebook] ‘You just broke up with Kiddy and you already found a new chickenhead?’.

8. (US black) an unattractive woman.

1992		UGK ‘I’m So Bad’ 🎵 I ain’t rappin no more about these ol’ chickenhead / skanky-ass bitches.
1995		L. Stavsky et al. A2Z 19/1: Your sista’s such a chickenhead she’s gotta find a blind rooster.
1997–2000		College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Chickenhead (noun) 1. An ugly person or group of ugly people. (Usually used in reference to girls who think they look good.).
1997–2000		Da Bomb 🌐 7: Chicken head: An untidy woman; a low class female; a good for nothing female.