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bird
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bû(r)d, IPA(key): /b??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?d/, [b??]
- (NYC) IPA(key): [b??d]
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /b?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English brid, from Old English bird, brid, bridd (“young bird, chick”), of uncertain origin and relation. Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century.
The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid?18th Century.
Noun
bird (plural birds)
- 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, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- 2004, Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds, page 50:
- 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.
- 2004, Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds, page 50:
- (slang) A man, fellow. [from the mid-19th c.]
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 24:
- 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.
- 2006, Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
- "Ah, he's a funny bird," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, page 24:
- (Britain, US, Australia, slang) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
- 1809, Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
- And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
- 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[2]
- 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.
- 2017, David Weigel, The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, W. W. Norton & Company.
- 1809, Thomas Campbell, Lord Ullin's Daughter
- (Britain, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend. [from the early 20th c.]
- (slang) An airplane.
- (slang) A satellite.
- 1988, Satellite communications. Jan-Oct. 1988
- 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
- 1992, Cable Vision
- Will a government- backed APSTAR satellite knock out a planned AsiaSat II bird?
- 2015, John Fuller, Thor's Legions: Weather Support to the U.S. Air Force and Army, 1937-1987, Springer ?ISBN, page 384
- In reality, the Air Force was never able to place a bird in orbit that quickly.
- 1988, Satellite communications. Jan-Oct. 1988
- (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
- 1494–1536, William Tyndale, Bible, Matthew 8:20
- The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
- 1494–1536, William Tyndale, Bible, Matthew 8:20
- (Britain, with definite article, especially in expressions such as 'give someone the bird') Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
- (with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
- Synonym: the finger
- 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.
- 2003, James Patterson and Peter De Jonge, The Beach House, Warner Books, page 305,
- Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
- A yardbird.
Synonyms
- (member of class Aves): fowl, avian
- (man): chap, bloke, guy
- (woman): broad, chick, dame, girl, lass
- See also Thesaurus:woman
- See also Thesaurus:girl
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:bird
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- birb
- burd
- chirp
- ornithic
- ornithology
- squawk
- tweet
- Appendix: Animals
- Appendix:Gestures/middle finger
Verb
bird (third-person singular simple present birds, present participle birding, simple past and past participle birded)
- (intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
- (intransitive) To catch or shoot birds.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- These day-owls. That are birding in men's purses
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
Etymology 2
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
Noun
bird (plural birds)
- (slang, uncountable) A prison sentence.
Synonyms
- (prison sentence): porridge, stretch, time
Translations
Verb
bird (third-person singular simple present birds, present participle birding, simple past and past participle birded)
- (transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bird”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- bird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aves on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aves on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- bird at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- drib
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ortolan
English
Etymology
From Middle French hortolan (“gardener”), from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Doublet of hortulan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???.t?l.?n/, /???.t?l.æn/
- (US) IPA(key): /???.t?.læn/, /???.t?.l?n/
Noun
ortolan (plural ortolans)
- A small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
- 2003, Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food, page 73
- […] the last flavor Mitterand wished to savor belonged to the flesh of the endangered ortolan, a songbird the size of a human toe that is a crime to buy or hunt, and is certainly illegal to eat. Mitterand devoured it in the traditional manner, first covering his head with an embroidered cloth, then inserting the entire bird into his mouth. […] Only its head should dangle out from between your lips. Bite off the head and discard.
- 2003, Stewart Lee Allen, In the Devil's Garden: A Sinful History of Forbidden Food, page 73
- (US) Any of various similar birds, especially the bobolink, sora, or snow bunting.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ortolan.
Hypernyms
- (a small bird eaten as a delicacy): bird, delicacy
Translations
French
Etymology
From occitan, from Latin hortul?nus (“gardener”). Cognate with dialectal French hortelain ("gardener").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?.l??/
Noun
ortolan m (plural ortolans)
- ortolan (small bird)
Related terms
- horticulture
Further reading
- “ortolan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Etymology
From French ortolan, from Middle French hortolan, from Latin hortul?nus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r?t?.lan/
Noun
ortolan m anim
- ortolan (small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Declension
Further reading
- ortolan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- ortolan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ortolan.
Noun
ortolan m (plural ortolani)
- ortolan
Declension
ortolan From the web:
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