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Meaning of have a bird | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To freak out; to be shocked or upset.
    slang
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, bird.

Examples

“1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Didn't do anything great except saw⟳ "The Beatles" on The Ed Sullivan Show⟳ and Kathy practically had a bird.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

have a bite have a bone in one's leg have a bone to pick have a brick in one's hat have a bun in the oven have a care

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