Meaning of bird | Babel Free

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1. An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
2. An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs
3. A prison sentence.
   slang, uncountable
4. A surname.
5. Objectionable or worthless.
6. A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
   obsolete
7. A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling
8. Charlie Parker (1920–1955), Jazz saxophonist.
9. Any of numerous warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals that have wings for forelimbs, a body covered with feathers, a hard bill covering the jaw, and a four-chambered heart.
10. A chicken or turkey used as food.
    slang
11. (Should we delete this sense?) A chicken or turkey used as food
12. Slang. Any of various derisive sounds of disapproval:boo, catcall, hiss, hoot.
13. A man, fellow.
    slang
14. A man, fellow. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
15. a two-legged feathered creature, with a beak and two wings, with which most can fly. Kiwis and ostriches are birds which cannot fly. voël طائِر птица pássaro pták der Vogel fugl πτηνό, πουλί ave, pájaro lind پرنده lintu oiseauציפור चिड़िया ptica madár burung fugl uccello 鳥 새 paukštis putns burung vogelfuglptakpássaro pasăre птица vták ptič ptica fågel นก kuş 鳥 птах پرندہ ، پکھیرو con chim 鸟
16. A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
    Ireland, UK, colloquial
17. A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive
18. a general view from above. a bird's-eye view of the town from an aeroplane. voëlvlug, voëlperspektief مِن عَلٍ، مِن فَوْق от птичи поглед vista panorâmica pohled z ptačí perspektivy die Vogelperspektive fugleperspektiv πανοραμική θέα vista de pájaro linnulennuline ülevaade منظرۀ هوایی lintuperspektiivi vue d'ensemble מַבָּט מִמעוֹף הַצִיפּוֹר विहगंम दृश्य ptičja perspektiva madártávlat pandangan dari atas séður úr lofti veduta dall'alto 鳥瞰図 조감도 vaizdas iš paukščio skrydžio skats no putna lido...
19. A girlfriend.
    Ireland, UK, broadly, colloquial
20. Any of various warm-blooded egg-laying feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings.
21. An aircraft.
    slang
22. See clay pigeon.
23. A satellite.
    slang
24. Sports See shuttlecock.
    Sports
25. Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
    UK, with-definite-article
26. Slang A rocket, guided missile, satellite, or airplane.
    Slang
27. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
    with-definite-article
28. Slang A person, especially one who is odd or remarkable: a sly old bird.
    Slang
29. A yardbird.
30. A kilogram of cocaine.
    US, slang
31. A penis.
    Canada, Philippines, slang
32. Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Ducks and sparrows are birds.”

“The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong⟳ to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.”

“[…] the foxes have⟳ holes, and the brydds of the aier have⟳ nestes, but [t]he sonne of the man hath not where onto leye his heede: […]”

“That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird.”

“Pitch in and help⟳ me stuff the bird if you want⟳ Thanksgiving dinner.”

“He once took in his own⟳ mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!”

“"What I mean⟳ - I expect⟳ that old, red-headed bird at the office sent you round with no other purpose."”

“The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut⟳ the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.”

“"But you think⟳ he's right?" "Could be. They're rum birds, all right."”

“"Ah, he's a funny bird," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.”

“And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.”

“After tea, the bright boys wash⟳, clean⟳ their boots, and change⟳ into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth[…]; sometimes to saunter, in company with others, up and down that parade until they “click” with one of the “birds.””

“The usual visual grammar was in place⟳ – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate⟳ the presence of poison.”

““All these fantastic birds, long hair, made up, false eyelashes and things, crowding round this group of scabby, spotty teenagers,” marveled Anderson.”

“Mike went out with his bird last⟳ night.”

“But all of a sudden though, just through the smoke⟳ / It's your bird laughing and joking with a bloke / Ain't just that either, as she moves closer / In a shape⟳ what looks like⟳ they're lovers, he's tonguing her!”

““Cabin cleaners? They have⟳ worked on this bird. Don't you know⟳ you've always got to clean⟳ up after the cleaners? What they don't teach⟳ you in school these days.””

“Any of our birds squawking?”

“Deployment of the fourth bird "should ensure that Inmarsat has sufficient capacity in orbit in the early 1990s, taking into account the possibility of launch⟳ failures and the age of some of the spacecraft in the Inmarsat first generation system”

“Will a government- backed APSTAR satellite knock⟳ out a planned AsiaSat II bird?”

“In reality, the Air Force⟳ was never able to place⟳ a bird in orbit that quickly.”

“to give⟳ the bird”

“to flip the bird”

“2002, The Advocate, "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55. For whatever reason⟳ — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.”

“Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.”

“Never dirt on my knees I'm just serving these fiends Sell⟳ birds to the bees I sell⟳ birds to the trees”

“BUBBLES: One time I was making a model⟳ and I glued the wing to a B17 bomber to my bird by accident.”

“He’s doing bird.”

“Well, I’ll do my bird - I can ‘andle it, bird’s never been no trouble⟳ for me - and then I’ll get⟳ you.”

“When Bird played like⟳ that, it was like⟳ hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play⟳ like⟳ that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try⟳ to do things like⟳ that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like⟳ that, he was outrageous…”

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