Bird
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɜːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bird is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
More Meanings
- (UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- (archaic) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
- (slang) A man, fellow.
- (slang) An aircraft.
- (slang) A satellite.
Example Sentences
Ducks and sparrows are birds.
That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.
"But you think he's right?" "Could be. They're rum birds, all right."
"What I mean - I expect that old, red-headed bird at the office sent you round with no other purpose."
Word Forms
- birds
- birding
- birded
- birdier
- birdiest
Synonyms for bird
Depending on context, synonyms include avian, birdie, porridge, stretch, time, bloke.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include birdwatch, birdie, raspberry, snort, skirt, shuttle.
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