ALL meanings of bird
bird
B b - countable noun bird A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 3
- countable noun bird Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence. 3
- noun bird any warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate of the class Aves, characterized by a body covering of feathers and forelimbs modified as wings. Birds vary in size between the ostrich and the humming bird 3
- noun bird a person (usually preceded by a qualifying adjective, as in the phrases rare bird, odd bird, clever bird) 3
- noun bird a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend 3
- noun bird prison or a term in prison (esp in the phrase do bird; shortened from birdlime, rhyming slang for time) 3
- noun bird any of a class (Aves) of warmblooded, two-legged, egg-laying vertebrates with feathers and wings 3
- noun bird a small game bird 3
- noun bird a clay pigeon in trapshooting 3
- noun bird a shuttlecock 3
- noun bird a person, esp. a mildly eccentric one 3
- noun bird a sound of disapproval made by vibrating the lips 3
- noun bird a rocket or guided missile 3
- noun bird a young woman 3
- intransitive verb bird to shoot or catch birds 3
- intransitive verb bird to engage in bird-watching 3
- noun bird winged animal 1
- noun bird strange, eccentric person 1
- noun bird young woman 1
- noun bird prison sentence 1
- noun bird vulgar middle-finger gesture 1
- noun bird badminton: shuttlecock 1
- intransitive verb bird watch birds 1
- noun bird Charles Christopher, Jr ("Bird") 1920–55, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer. 1
- noun bird Dorothy (Rothschild) 1893–1967, U.S. author. 1
- noun bird Sir Gilbert, 1862–1932, Canadian novelist and politician in England. 1
- noun bird Horatio William, 1863–1919, U.S. composer, organist, and teacher. 1
- noun bird John, 1729–75, American Revolutionary patriot. 1
- noun bird Matthew, 1504–75, English theologian. 1
- noun bird Quanah, Quanah. 1
- noun bird Theodore, 1810–60, U.S. preacher, theologian, and reformer. 1
- noun bird a male given name. 1
- verb without object bird to catch or shoot birds. 1
- verb without object bird to bird-watch. 1
- idioms bird a little bird, Informal. a secret source of information: A little bird told me that today is your birthday. 1
- idioms bird bird in the hand, a thing possessed in fact as opposed to a thing about which one speculates: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Also, bird in hand. 1
- idioms bird birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common: Birds of a feather flock together. 1
- idioms bird eat like a bird, to eat sparingly: She couldn't understand why she failed to lose weight when she was, as she said, eating like a bird. 1
- idioms bird for the birds, Slang. useless or worthless; not to be taken seriously: Their opinions on art are for the birds. That pep rally is for the birds. 1
- idioms bird kill two birds with one stone, to achieve two aims with a single effort: She killed two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip. 1
- idioms bird the birds and the bees, basic information about sex and reproduction: It was time to talk to the boy about the birds and the bees. 1
- noun bird 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. 0
- noun bird (Slang) A man, fellow. 0
- noun bird (Britain, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. 0
- noun bird (Slang) (Britain, Ireland) Girlfriend. 0
- noun bird (Slang) An airplane. 0
- noun bird (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling. 0
- noun bird A prison sentence. 0
- noun bird The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended. 0
- noun bird (Asian slang) A penis. 0