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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bird•ing (bûr′ding),USA pronunciation n. - the identification and observation of wild birds in their natural habitat as a recreation;
bird-watching.
- bird + -ing1 1560–70 for earlier sense "hunting birds''
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: birding /ˈbɜːdɪŋ/ n - See bird-watching
bird /bɜrd/USA pronunciation n. - any warm-blooded, egg-laying animal having feathers:[countable]watched the birds soaring overhead.
- Slang Terms[countable]a person, esp. one having some special or unusual feature: a strange bird.
- Aeronautics, Informal Terms Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile:[countable]We're tracking the birds on radar at about five miles out and approaching fast.
- British Terms Chiefly Brit. Slang. a girl or young woman:[countable]a really smashing pair of birds.
Idioms- Idioms bird in the hand, [countable] a thing that is actually possessed, as opposed to a thing that one wishes one had: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Also, bird in hand.
- Idioms birds of a feather, [plural] people with similar attitudes, interests, or experience:Birds of a feather flock together (= People with the same interests often stay together).
- Idioms eat like a bird, to eat just a little.
- Idioms, Slang Terms for the birds, [be + ~].[Informal.]worthless;
silly:I think that plan is for the birds; don't even suggest it to the boss. - Idioms kill two birds with one stone, to achieve two purposes with a single effort: She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bird (bûrd),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- a fowl or game bird.
- Sport
- See clay pigeon.
- a shuttlecock.
- Slang Termsa person, esp. one having some peculiarity:He's a queer bird.
- Aeronautics, Informal Terms[Informal.]an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile.
- Food[Cookery.]a thin piece of meat, poultry, or fish rolled around a stuffing and braised:veal birds.
- Dialect Terms[Southern U.S.](in hunting) a bobwhite.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Slang.]a girl or young woman.
- [Archaic.]the young of any fowl.
- Informal Terms, Idioms a little bird, a secret source of information:A little bird told me that today is your birthday.
- Idioms bird in the hand, a thing possessed in fact as opposed to a thing about which one speculates:A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.Also, bird in hand.
- Idioms birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common:Birds of a feather flock together.
- Idioms eat like a bird, to eat sparingly:She couldn't understand why she failed to lose weight when she was, as she said, eating like a bird.
- Slang Terms for the birds, useless or worthless;
not to be taken seriously:Their opinions on art are for the birds. That pep rally is for the birds. - Idioms kill two birds with one stone, to achieve two aims with a single effort:She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.
- Slang Terms the bird:
- disapproval, as of a performance, by hissing, booing, etc.:He got the bird when he came out on stage.
- scoffing or ridicule:He was trying to be serious, but we all gave him the bird.
- an obscene gesture of contempt made by raising the middle finger.
- Slang Terms the birds and the bees, basic information about sex and reproduction:It was time to talk to the boy about the birds and the bees.
v.i. - to catch or shoot birds.
- to bird-watch.
- Middle English byrd, bryd, Old English brid(d) young bird, chick bef. 900
- Biographical Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bird /bɜːd/ n - any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird
- informal a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird)
- slang chiefly Brit a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend
- slang prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time)
- a bird in the hand ⇒ something definite or certain
- birds of a feather ⇒ people with the same characteristics, ideas, interests, etc
- get the bird ⇒ informal to be fired or dismissed
- (esp of a public performer) to be hissed at, booed, or derided
- kill two birds with one stone ⇒ to accomplish two things with one action
- for the birds, strictly for the birds ⇒ informal deserving of disdain or contempt; not important
Etymology: Old English bridd, of unknown origin |