bird 
(bûrd)
(bûrd)n.
1.
a. Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
b. Such an animal hunted as game.
c. Such an animal, especially a chicken or turkey, used as food: put the bird in the oven.
2. See clay pigeon.
3. Sports See shuttlecock.
4. Slang A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
5. Slang A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird.
6. Chiefly British Slang A young woman.
7. Slang
a. A loud sound expressing disapproval; a raspberry.
b. Discharge from employment: lost a big sale and nearly got the bird.
8. An obscene gesture of anger, defiance, or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward.
intr.v. bird·ed, bird·ing, birds
Idiom: 1. To observe and identify birds in their natural surroundings.
2. To trap, shoot, or catch birds.
for the birds
Objectionable or worthless.
[Middle English, from Old English brid, young bird.]
birding n.
- hold one's peace
- hold one's tongue
- hold out
- holdout
- hold out on
- hold out on (someone)
- hold out on someone
- hold over
- holdover
- hold own
- hold peace
- hold (someone's) feet to the fire
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- hold sway
- hold the bag
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- hold the phone
- hold to
- hold tongue
- hold up
- holdup
- hold water
- hold with
- hole