bird
verb
- to watch birds; to birdwatch
noun
- warm-blooded animal with wings
- British slang term, a beautiful woman
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːd/ / [ˈbɜ̝ːd] / /ˈbɘːd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). 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.
- Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.
“SOC100 isn’t bird at all lol. But ANT101 is super easy & the prof (Dr. Sherry Fukuzawa) is amazing.”
“but admittedly, all the hours spent creating excel sheets optimizing my course plan, all the research finding the absolutely best professors, all the smart friends i made, all the alumni i contacted to collect crowdmarks of past exams, all the research i did finding the birdiest courses of all...... all of it was wayyyyyy more fun to me than just sitting down and studying like a normal kid. it was kind of just like playing a video game.”
name
Etymology: * As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun bird. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized/translated from several names erroneously thought to contain the element éan (“bird”) such as Ó hÉinigh (see Heagney), Ó hÉanna (see Heaney), Ó hÉanacháin (see Heneghan) and Mac an Déaghanaigh (see McEneaney). * Similarly translated from several other languages containing the word bird, such as German Vogel, French Loiseau, Czech Ptáček see Ptacek), Pták, Polish Ptak. * This also extends to Native American names, such as Lakota ziŋtkala (“bird”). Compare Eagle, Hawk; Blackbird, Kingbird, Redbird, etc.
- A surname.
- Nickname of Charlie Parker (1920–1955), jazz saxophonist.
“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…”
noun
Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
- A prison sentence.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
- To bring into prison, to roof.
“Free Criminal, he got birded That's a L but I know he’ll firm it I was vexed when I heard that verdict”