kill two birds with one stone

kill two bird with one stone

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kil too burd with, with wuhn stohn]
- /kɪl tu bɜrd wɪθ, wɪð wʌn stoʊn/
- /kɪl ˈtuː bɜːd wɪð wʌn stəʊn/

Definitions of kill two birds with one stone words

noun kill two birds with one stone 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 kill two birds with one stone a fowl or game bird. 1
noun kill two birds with one stone Sports. clay pigeon. a shuttlecock. 1
noun kill two birds with one stone Slang. a person, especially one having some peculiarity: He's a queer bird. 1
noun kill two birds with one stone Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile. 1
noun kill two birds with one stone Cookery. a thin piece of meat, poultry, or fish rolled around a stuffing and braised: veal birds. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English byrd, bryd, Old English brid(d) young bird, chick

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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