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bird noun 1 any member of a class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by the possession of feathers, front limbs modified to form wings, and projecting jaws modified to form a horny beak. 2 Brit slang, often considered offensive a girl or woman. 3 Brit slang prison or a prison sentence • just out of bird. See also do bird below. 4 (the bird) US slang an obscene gesture of contempt, dismissal or defiance, etc, using a raised middle finger. See also give someone the bird 2 below. 5 colloq, old use a person, especially a strange or unusual one • He's a funny old bird. birder noun a birdwatcher. birding noun bird-watching (see under birdwatcher). birds of a feather Brit colloq people who are like each other, who share the same ideas, habits or lifestyle, etc
ETYMOLOGY: 16c, in the proverb 'Birds of a feather (ie of the same species) flock together'. do bird Brit slang to serve a prison sentence • They did bird together at the Scrubs
ETYMOLOGY: 20c: short for bird-lime, rhyming slang for time noun 11. get the bird slang 1 said of a performer or entertainer, etc: to be hissed or jeered at, or booed, by an audience. 2 to be dismissed or sacked. give someone the bird slang 1 chiefly Brit to criticize them severely or publicly. 2 US to make an obscene gesture of dismissal, etc (see noun 4 above) at them. go like a bird colloq said of a machine, especially a car: to run very fast and smoothly. kill two birds with one stone see under kill. strictly for the birds or for the birds especially US colloq worthless or unimportant; acceptable only to people who are stupid or weak, etc (in the speaker's eyes).
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bridd young bird.

bird noun 1 any member of a class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by the possession of feathers, front limbs modified to form wings, and projecting jaws modified to form a horny beak. 2 Brit slang, often considered offensive a girl or woman. 3 Brit slang prison or a prison sentence • just out of bird. See also do bird below. 4 (the bird) US slang an obscene gesture of contempt, dismissal or defiance, etc, using a raised middle finger. See also give someone the bird 2 below. 5 colloq, old use a person, especially a strange or unusual one • He's a funny old bird. birder noun a birdwatcher. birding noun bird-watching (see under birdwatcher). birds of a feather Brit colloq people who are like each other, who share the same ideas, habits or lifestyle, etc
ETYMOLOGY: 16c, in the proverb 'Birds of a feather (ie of the same species) flock together'. do bird Brit slang to serve a prison sentence • They did bird together at the Scrubs
ETYMOLOGY: 20c: short for bird-lime, rhyming slang for time noun 11. get the bird slang 1 said of a performer or entertainer, etc: to be hissed or jeered at, or booed, by an audience. 2 to be dismissed or sacked. give someone the bird slang 1 chiefly Brit to criticize them severely or publicly. 2 US to make an obscene gesture of dismissal, etc (see noun 4 above) at them. go like a bird colloq said of a machine, especially a car: to run very fast and smoothly. kill two birds with one stone see under kill. strictly for the birds or for the birds especially US colloq worthless or unimportant; acceptable only to people who are stupid or weak, etc (in the speaker's eyes).
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bridd young bird.

bird noun 1 any member of a class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals characterized by the possession of feathers, front limbs modified to form wings, and projecting jaws modified to form a horny beak. 2 Brit slang, often considered offensive a girl or woman. 3 Brit slang prison or a prison sentence • just out of bird. See also do bird below. 4 (the bird) US slang an obscene gesture of contempt, dismissal or defiance, etc, using a raised middle finger. See also give someone the bird 2 below. 5 colloq, old use a person, especially a strange or unusual one • He's a funny old bird. birder noun a birdwatcher. birding noun bird-watching (see under birdwatcher). birds of a feather Brit colloq people who are like each other, who share the same ideas, habits or lifestyle, etc
ETYMOLOGY: 16c, in the proverb 'Birds of a feather (ie of the same species) flock together'. do bird Brit slang to serve a prison sentence • They did bird together at the Scrubs
ETYMOLOGY: 20c: short for bird-lime, rhyming slang for time noun 11. get the bird slang 1 said of a performer or entertainer, etc: to be hissed or jeered at, or booed, by an audience. 2 to be dismissed or sacked. give someone the bird slang 1 chiefly Brit to criticize them severely or publicly. 2 US to make an obscene gesture of dismissal, etc (see noun 4 above) at them. go like a bird colloq said of a machine, especially a car: to run very fast and smoothly. kill two birds with one stone see under kill. strictly for the birds or for the birds especially US colloq worthless or unimportant; acceptable only to people who are stupid or weak, etc (in the speaker's eyes).
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bridd young bird.