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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•pie /ˈmægˌpaɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa bird of the jay family, having long, black-and-white feathers and noisy habits.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mag•pie (mag′pī′),USA pronunciation n. - Birdseither of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie,) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie,) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- Birdsany of several related corvine birds.
- Birdsany of several black-and-white birds not related to the true magpies, as Gymnorhina tibicen, of Australia.
- an incessantly talkative person;
noisy chatterer;
chatterbox. - a person who collects or hoards things, esp. indiscriminately.
- Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]a black-and-white cow or steer, as a Holstein.
- Mag Margaret + pie2 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: magpie /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/ n - any of various passerine birds of the genus Pica, esp P. pica, having a black-and-white plumage, long tail, and a chattering call: family Corvidae (crows, etc)
- any of various similar birds of the Australian family Cracticidae
- Brit a person who hoards small objects
- a person who chatters
- the outmost ring but one on a target
- a shot that hits this ring
Etymology: 17th Century: from Mag diminutive of Margaret, used to signify a chatterbox + pie² |