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yardbird

yard·bird
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yahrd-burd]
    • /ˈyɑrdˌbɜrd/
    • /ˈjɑːdbɜːd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yahrd-burd]
    • /ˈyɑrdˌbɜrd/

Definitions of yardbird word

  • noun yardbird a convict or prisoner. 1
  • noun yardbird an army recruit. 1
  • noun yardbird a soldier confined to camp and assigned to cleaning the grounds or other menial tasks as punishment for violation of the rules. 1
  • noun yardbird A new military recruit, especially one assigned to menial tasks. 1
  • noun yardbird an inexperienced, untrained, or clumsy soldier, esp one employed on menial duties 0
  • noun yardbird a military recruit; rookie, esp. one frequently assigned to cleanup or other menial duties 0

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Origin of yardbird

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45, Americanism; yard2 + bird, by analogy with jailbird

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Parts of speech for Yardbird

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

yardbird popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for yardbird

noun yardbird

  • convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
  • crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
  • culprit — When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
  • felon — an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.
  • fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.

Antonyms for yardbird

noun yardbird

  • police — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • law — software law

Top questions with yardbird

  • what is yardbird?
  • what is a yardbird?

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