dead bird

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Noun[edit]

dead bird (plural dead birds)

  1. (baseball, slang) A ball which falls over the infieldersheads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
    Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the innning.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead,‎ bird.