bird
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[edit] English
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- bû(r)d, /bɜː(r)d/, /b3:(r)d/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d
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the bird (uncountable)
- The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- 2003, The Beach House, James Patterson—Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
[edit] Etymology 1
Old English brid, “young bird”, “chick”, of unknown origin.
See also burd.
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bird (plural birds)
- A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers, wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
- Ducks and sparrows are birds.
- (UK, slang) A person.
- He’s an odd bird.
- (UK, slang) A girl or woman considered sexually attractive, as used by a man.
- Who’s that bird?
- (UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
- Anto went out with his bird last night.
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to bird (third-person singular simple present birds, present participle birding, simple past and past participle birded)
- To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
[edit] Etymology 2
Possible literal translation of Chinese slang or other Asian origin
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bird (plural birds)
- (Filipino slang) A penis.
- Don't Touch My Bird.
[edit] Etymology 3
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"
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bird (uncountable)
- A prison sentence.
- He’s doing bird.

