birdlime

See also: bird-lime

English

Etymology

bird +‎ lime

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːdlaɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝdlaɪm/

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Noun

birdlime (uncountable)

1. A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds.
2. (rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.

Translations

sticky substance to catch birds

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܕܒܩܐ m (deḇqā)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粘鳥膠／粘鸟胶 (zhānniǎojiāo)

• Czech: lep (cs) m
• Finnish: lintuliima
• French: glu (fr) f
• Galician: visgo (gl) m, lliga f
• German: Vogelleim (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἰξός m (ixós)

• Hungarian: madárfogólép, madárenyv
• Irish: glae glas m
• Italian: pania f
• Japanese: 鳥黐 (torimochi)
• Langi: ʉrɨɨmbo
• Latin: viscum n
• Old English: fugollīm
• Ottoman Turkish: اوكسه (ökse)
• Russian: пти́чий кле́й m (ptíčij kléj)
• Scottish Gaelic: bìth-eòin f, bìth f
• Spanish: liga (es) f, ajonje (es) m
• Swahili: ulimbo
• Swedish: fågellim n
• Welsh: adarlud m, glud adar m, glud (cy) m

serving of a prison sentence — see time

Verb

birdlime (third-person singular simple present birdlimes, present participle birdliming, simple past and past participle birdlimed)

1. (transitive) To add birdlime to.

Translations

add birdlime

• Finnish: sivellä lintuliimalla
• French: engluer (fr)