birding

bird·ing

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Definitions of birding word

abbreviation BIRDING bird-watching 3
noun birding any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg. 1
noun birding a fowl or game bird. 1
noun birding Sports. clay pigeon. a shuttlecock. 1
noun birding Slang. a person, especially one having some peculiarity: He's a queer bird. 1
noun birding Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile. 1

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

1560-70 for earlier sense “hunting birds”; bird + -ing1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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