Bird

  • 31bird — Synonyms and related words: Bronx cheer, Jane, atomic warhead, avifauna, baby bird, bastard, biddy, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, bitch, boo, broad, bugger,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32bird — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ birds 1) N COUNT A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 2) N COUNT Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence. [BRIT, INFORMAL] 3) → See also game… …

    English dictionary

  • 33bird — ant·bird; bird; bird·er; bird·less; bird·like; bird·ling; bird·man; bird·stone; black·bird·er; din·gle·bird; hose·bird; ko·bird; stitch·bird; bird·ie; poe·bird; …

    English syllables

  • 34bird — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ wild ▪ caged ▪ exotic, rare ▪ common ▪ endangered ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 35bird — {{11}}bird (n.1) O.E. bird, rare collateral form of bridd, originally young bird, nestling (the usual O.E. for bird being fugol), of uncertain origin with no cognates in any other Germanic language. The suggestion that it is related by umlaut to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 36bird — I. /bɜd / (say berd) noun 1. any of the Aves, a class of warm blooded vertebrates having a body more or less completely covered with feathers, and the forelimbs so modified as to form wings by means of which most species fly. 2. Sport a. a game… …

  • 37birdən — z. 1. Gözlənmədən, qəflətən, qəfildən, nagah. Birdən yıxılmaq. Birdən qulağıma bir səs dəydi. Birdən dili tutulmaq. – . . Yazırsan ki, istəyirəm bir işə əl vuram, birdən məni gərnəşmə tutur. C. M.. Məşədi Əsgər getmək istəyəndə, Həsənəli bəyin… …

    Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti

  • 38bird — noun (C) 1 BIRD a creature with wings and feathers that lays eggs and can usually fly: The tree was full of tiny, brightly coloured birds. 2 a little bird told me spoken used to say that you know something, but you will not say how you found out …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39bird — 1. n. a woman; a girl. □ I like the bird you were with last night. □ What a bird! I want one. 2. n. a derisive noise made with the lips; a raspberry. □ The third time he fumbled, he was greeted by two thousand mouths making the bird …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 40bird —    This word had been associated with ‘girl’ since the fourteenth century. Originally it may have been a separate word, ‘burd’, a poetic word for woman, and there may have been confusion with ‘bride’, since ‘bird’ itself was often written as… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address