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| bird [ burd ] (plural birds) |
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1. two-legged winged animal: a two-legged, warm-blooded animal with wings, a beak, and a body covered with feathers. Birds lay eggs from which their young hatch, and most species can fly. Class Aves.
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2. bird eaten as food: a bird such as a turkey, chicken, duck, goose, or game hen cooked and eaten as food
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3. type of person: somebody of a particular type
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  He's a wise old bird.
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4. airplane or spacecraft: an aircraft, satellite, or rocket
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5. racket games
Same as shuttlecock
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6. sports
Same as clay pigeon (sense 1)
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| [ Old English brid "young bird," origin ?] |
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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush it is better to keep something that you can be certain of than risk losing it in an attempt to get something better
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birds of a feather (flock together) people of similar character, tastes, interests, or opinions (tend to associate with one another)
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give or flip or shoot somebody the bird to hold the middle finger erect with the back of the hand toward somebody, as an insult (slang)
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kill two birds with one stone to achieve two goals with one action
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(strictly) for the birds worthless or unacceptable (slang)
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the birds and the bees the facts about sexual reproduction in humans (informal humorous)
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