ALL meanings of birds of a feather
bird of a feath·er
B b - phrase birds of a feather If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar. 3
- phrase birds of a feather If you describe two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs. 3
- noun birds of a feather people with the same characteristics, ideas, interests, etc 3
- noun birds of a feather people of the same type, character, or interests 3
- noun birds of a feather people with the same characteristics or tastes 3
- noun birds of a feather 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 birds of a feather a fowl or game bird. 1
- noun birds of a feather Sports. clay pigeon. a shuttlecock. 1
- noun birds of a feather Slang. a person, especially one having some peculiarity: He's a queer bird. 1
- noun birds of a feather Informal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile. 1
- noun birds of a feather Cookery. a thin piece of meat, poultry, or fish rolled around a stuffing and braised: veal birds. 1
- noun birds of a feather Southern U.S. (in hunting) a bobwhite. 1
- noun birds of a feather Chiefly British Slang. a girl or young woman. 1
- noun birds of a feather Archaic. the young of any fowl. 1
- noun birds of a feather the bird, Slang. disapproval, as of a performance, by hissing, booing, etc.: He got the bird when he came out on stage. scoffing or ridicule: He was trying to be serious, but we all gave him the bird. an obscene gesture of contempt made by raising the middle finger. 1
- verb without object birds of a feather to catch or shoot birds. 1
- verb without object birds of a feather to bird-watch. 1
- idioms birds of a feather a little bird, Informal. a secret source of information: A little bird told me that today is your birthday. 1
- idioms birds of a feather 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 birds of a feather birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common: Birds of a feather flock together. 1
- idioms birds of a feather 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 birds of a feather 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 birds of a feather 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 birds of a feather 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 Technical meaning of birds of a feather (BOF) (From the saying "Birds of a feather flock together") An informal discussion group, scheduled on a conference program or formed ad hoc, to consider a specific issue or subject. It is not clear where or when this term originated, but it is now associated with the USENIX conferences for Unix techies and was already established there by 1984. It was used earlier than that at DECUS conferences and is reported to have been common at SHARE meetings as far back as the early 1960s. 1
- noun birds of a feather (Idiomatic) People having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs. 0