chip-birdn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪpbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪpˌbərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of imitative origin, bird n.

Etymology: < an element of imitative origin + bird n. Compare earlier chipping bird n. and chip n.³, and later chip v.³

North American. Now rare.

Any of various small sparrows with a call resembling the word ‘chip’; spec. the chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina.

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1824 New Eng. Farmer 1 May 317/1 The destruction of a robin, chip, blue or black bird, is not all.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 15 The only bird I have ever heard sing in the night has been the chip-bird.

1894 Oölogist 11 208/1 The familiar chip, chip of the Tree Sparrow or ‘Winter Chip Bird’.

1902 Auk 19 85 It [sc. the savannah sparrow] is known as the ‘Chipbird’, as are most of the small sparrows in the north, and is mentioned by all, I think, of the writers on the Labrador avifauna.

1951 Amer. Speech 26 274 Winter chipbird. Canadian sparrow. Mass., Ontario, Ohio, Ky., Wis., Minn.

2014 P. Levang Bird Bk. 42/2 The Chipping Sparrow has other names. It is sometimes called Chippy, Chip-Bird, Hair-Bird, Social Sparrow, Hair Sparrow, or Little House Sparrow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	chip-bird
释义	chip-birdn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪpbəːd/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪpˌbərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of imitative origin, bird n. Etymology: < an element of imitative origin + bird n. Compare earlier chipping bird n. and chip n.³, and later chip v.³ North American. Now rare. Any of various small sparrows with a call resembling the word ‘chip’; spec. the chipping sparrow, Spizella passerina. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Spizella > spizella passerina (chipping sparrow) chipping bird1791 chipping sparrow1810 chip-bird1824 chip sparrow1843 chippy1856 1824 New Eng. Farmer 1 May 317/1 The destruction of a robin, chip, blue or black bird, is not all. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 15 The only bird I have ever heard sing in the night has been the chip-bird. 1894 Oölogist 11 208/1 The familiar chip, chip of the Tree Sparrow or ‘Winter Chip Bird’. 1902 Auk 19 85 It [sc. the savannah sparrow] is known as the ‘Chipbird’, as are most of the small sparrows in the north, and is mentioned by all, I think, of the writers on the Labrador avifauna. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 274 Winter chipbird. Canadian sparrow. Mass., Ontario, Ohio, Ky., Wis., Minn. 2014 P. Levang Bird Bk. 42/2 The Chipping Sparrow has other names. It is sometimes called Chippy, Chip-Bird, Hair-Bird, Social Sparrow, Hair Sparrow, or Little House Sparrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1824
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