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===Etymology 4=== |
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Revision as of 06:06, 24 May 2012
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Pronunciation
- enPR: bû(r)d, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/bɜː(r)d/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-bird.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "NYC" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/bɜjd/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ɜː(r)d" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) bird, (deprecated template usage) brid, (deprecated template usage) bridd, of uncertain origin and relation.
Noun
bird (plural birds)
- 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.
- 2004, Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds, page 50:
- The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
- Template:British A man, fellow. [from the mid-19th c.]
- 1886, Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
- He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
- 2006, Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
- "Ah, he's a funny bird," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
- 1886, Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
- Template:British A girl or woman considered sexually attractive, as used by a man.
- Who’s that bird?
- Template:British Girlfriend. [from the early 20th c.]
- Mike went out with his bird last night.
- Template:slang An airplane.
Synonyms
- (man): chap, bloke, guy
- (woman): broad, chick, dame, girl, lass
- See also Wikisaurus:woman
- See also Wikisaurus:girl
Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:bird
Derived terms
Terms derived from bird
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- adult bird
- a funny bird
- a gay old bird
- Alberta's provincial bird
- a little bird
- a little bird told me
- aquatic bird
- a queer bird
- baby bird
- band birds
- beach birds
- bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)
- big bird
- Big Bird
- bird art
- bird artist
- bird artwork
- bird band
- bird bander
- bird banding
- bird bath
- birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea)
- birdbrain, bird brain
- birdbrained, bird-brained
- birdbrained person
- bird breeder
- bird breeding
- bird book
- bird box
- birdcage
- birdcage clock
- birdcall, bird-call, bird call
- birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation
- birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator
- birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher
- birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching
- bird-catching net
- bird cherry
- bird chick
- bird class
- bird clutch
- bird color
- bird colour
- bird conservation
- bird-conservation
- bird-conservation area
- bird-conservation organization
- bird conservationist
- bird course
- bird crop
- bird dealer, bird-dealer
- bird deity
- bird disease
- bird dismount
- bird-do
- bird dog
- bird-dog
- bird-dogged
- bird-dogging
- bird-dogs
- bird droppings
- bird dung
- birder
- bird eye
- bird face
- bird family
- bird fancier
- bird farm
- bird farmer
- bird feather
- bird feeder
- bird feeding
- bird fibula
- bird flight
- bird flu
- bird flu case
- bird food
- bird-foot
- bird-footed dinosaur
- bird genus
- bird grass
- bird grit
- bird god
- bird goddess
- bird gun
- bird hatch
- bird hatching
- bird-hipped
- bird-hipped dinosaur
- birdhouse, bird-house, bird house
- birdie
- birdied
- birdieing
- bird influenza
- bird in hand
- bird in the hand
- birding
- birding trip
- birding workshop
- bird keeper
- bird keeping
- bird lady
- birdlet
- bird life
- birdlike, bird-like
- bird-like face
- birdlime
- birdlimed
- birdlimer
- birdlimes
- birdliming
- bird louse
- birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover
- birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving
- birdly
- birdman
- bird migration
- bird nature trail
- bird nest box
- bird nest hole
- bird-nesting
- bird nesting box
- bird nesting hole
- bird nesting place
- bird net
- bird font
- bird of freedom
- bird of ill omen
- bird of Jove
- bird of Juno
- bird of paradise
- bird-of-paradise
- Bird of Paradise
- bird-of-paradise flower
- bird of passage
- bird of peace
- bird of prey
- bird omen
- bird order
- bird organ
- bird painter
- bird painting
- bird parasite
- bird parent
- bird parenting
- bird pepper
- bird perch
- bird photo
- bird photograph
- bird photographer
- bird photography
- bird pipe
- bird plague
- bird poo
- bird population
- bird protection
- bird protection station
- bird puller
- bird repellent
- bird reserve
- bird ring
- bird ringer
- bird ringing
- bird sanctuary
- bird sand
- bird's beak
- bird's bill
- bird's brood
- bird scarer
- bird science
- bird scientist
- bird's clutch
- bird's crop
- bird's dirt
- birdseed
- bird's egg
- bird's egg collecting
- bird's egg collector
- birdseller, bird-seller
- bird's eye
- bird's-eye map
- bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum'')
- bird's-eye maple wood veneer
- bird's-eye perspective
- bird's-eye primrose
- bird's-eye speedwell
- bird's-eye view
- bird's-foot
- bird's-foot trefoil
- bird's-foot violet
- bird shit
- bird shooting
- birdshot, bird shot
- bird skeleton
- bird sketch
- bird skin
- bird skull
- bird's mouth
- bird's nest
- bird's-nest
- bird's-nest fern
- bird's-nest fungus
- birds'-nesting
- bird's-nest orchid
- bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup
- bird's net
- birds of a feather
- birds of a feather flock together
- birdsong
- birds of paradise
- birds-of-paradise
- bird species
- bird spider
- bird's shit
- bird's tooth
- birdstore, bird store
- birdstrike, bird strike
- birdstrike simulation, bird-strike simulation, bird strike simulation
- birds' twittering
- bird table
- bird tick
- bird tooth
- bird trap
- bird transport cage
- bird turd
- bird-voiced
- bird-voiced tree frog
- bird walk
- birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher
- birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching
- birdwatching safari, bird-watching safari, bird watching safari
- birdwatching tower, bird-watching tower, bird watching tower
- bird watch
- bird watch tower
- bird whistle
- birdwoman
- birdy
- book of birds
- British Columbia's provincial bird
- class of birds
- clever bird
- clutch of bird eggs
- cock bird, cock-bird
- dickeybird
- dickybird
- do bird
- early bird
- eat like a bird
- European bird cherry
- family of birds
- female bird
- fine feathers make fine birds
- flight of birds
- flight of the birds
- flock of birds
- frigate bird
- for the birds
- gamebird, game-bird, game bird
- gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer
- get a bird's-eye view of something
- get the bird
- give somebody the bird
- give someone the bird
- have a bird's-eye view of something
- hen bird
- hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird
- hummingbird egg
- hummingbird feeder
- hummingbird feather
- hummingbird flight
- hummingbird tongue
- hummingbird nest
- kill two birds with one stone
- like a bird
- limicoline bird
- little bird
- male bird
- migrating bird
- migratory bird
- migratory bird species
- national bird
- native bird
- native species of bird
- odd bird
- old bird
- order of birds
- paper bird
- parent bird
- partial bird migration
- pepper bird
- pet bird
- plastic bird
- porcelain bird
- porcelain bird figurine
- protection of birds
- provincial bird
- provincial bird of Alberta
- provincial bird of British Columbia
- provincial bird of Saskatchewan
- rare bird
- ring birds
- Saskatchewan's provincial bird
- seabird
- shorebird, shore bird
- species of bird
- strange bird
- state bird
- strictly for the birds
- tame bird
- tell somebody about the birds and the bees
- the bird has flown
- the bird is flown
- The Birds
- the birds and the bees
- the early bird catches the worm
- The Island on Bird Street (Uri Orlev)
- transport of birds
- transportation of birds
- type of bird
- twitter of birds
- twittering of birds
- warble of birds
- warbling of birds
- waterbird, water bird
- wild bird
Translations
animal
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woman
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girlfriend
See also
- burd
- Appendix: Animals
bird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Template:commonslite
Aves on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Verb
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
Etymology 2
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"
Noun
bird (uncountable)
- A prison sentence.
- He’s doing bird.
Synonyms
Translations
time in prison
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Etymology 3
Dated in the mid‐18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”.
Noun
bird (uncountable)
- The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- 2002, The Advocate, "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
- For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
- 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.
- 2002, The Advocate, "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
Derived terms
Translations
vulgar hand gesture
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Etymology 4
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay (deprecated template usage) burung.
Noun
bird (plural birds)
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Asian slang" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A penis.
- Don't Touch My Bird.
Translations
penis
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bird”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.