bird

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A small bird, an animal
Penguin, a kind of bird

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Old English brid (young bird”, “chick).

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Singular
bird

Plural
birds

bird (plural birds)

  1. A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
    Ducks and sparrows are birds.
  2. (British, slang) A person.
    He’s an odd bird.
  3. (British, slang) A girl or woman considered sexually attractive, as used by a man.
    Who’s that bird?
  4. (British, Irish, slang) Girlfriend.
    Anto went out with his bird last night.
  5. (slang) An airplane.
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Infinitive
to bird

Third person singular
birds

Simple past
birded

Past participle
birded

Present participle
birding

to bird (third-person singular simple present birds, present participle birding, simple past and past participle birded)

  1. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment

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Possible literal translation of Chinese slang or other Asian origin

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Singular
bird

Plural
birds

bird (plural birds)

  1. (Filipino slang) A penis.
    Don't Touch My Bird.
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Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for “time”"

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Singular
bird

Plural
uncountable

bird (uncountable)

  1. A prison sentence.
    He’s doing bird.
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Singular
the bird

Plural
uncountable

the bird (uncountable)

  1. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
    • 2003, James Patterson and Peter De Jonge, The Beach House, Warner Books, page 305,
      Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
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