Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for flying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill. Birds build nests, in which female birds lay eggs.
Synonyms and related words
General animal types
adult
amphibian
animal
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Britishinformala young woman. Some people find this word offensive.
Synonyms and related words
Insulting words for a woman
witch
virago
frump
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old-fashioneda particular type of person
She’s a toughold bird.
Synonyms and related words
General words for person or people
person
people
human
phrases
be (strictly) for the birds
a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush)
the birds and the bees
birds of a feather (flock together)
do bird
give someone the bird
bird
noun countable
US /bɜrd/
Other entries for this word
bird dognoun
bird flunoun
bird bathnoun
game birdnoun
early birdnoun
mynah birdnoun
wading birdnoun
water birdnoun
bird-brainedadjective
bird watchingnoun
bird of preynoun
bird of paradisenoun
bird of passagenoun
bird’s-eye viewnoun
eat like a birdphrase
the bird has flownphrase
a little bird told mephrase
flip/give someone the birdphrase
the early bird catches the wormphrase
flip someone the bird/flip offphrase
more dictionary definitions
Word Forms
singular
bird
plural
birds
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Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for flying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill. Birds build nests, in which female birds lay eggs.