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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) brid.

bird (plural birds)

1. 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, and laying eggs.

   Ducks and sparrows are birds.

2. Template:British A man, fellow. [from the mid-19th c.]
   • 1886, Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual

     He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!

   • 2006, Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels

     "Ah, he's a funny bird," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.

3. Template:British A girl or woman considered sexually attractive, as used by a man.

   Who’s that bird?

4. Template:British Girlfriend. [from the early 20th c.]

   Anto went out with his bird last night.

5. Template:slang An airplane.

• (man): chap, bloke, guy
• (woman): broad, chick, dame, girl, lass
• See also Wikisaurus:woman
• See also Wikisaurus:girl

• See also Wikisaurus:bird

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bird (third-person singular simple present birds, present participle birding, simple past and past participle birded)

1. To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment

Possible literal translation of Chinese slang or other Asian origin

bird (plural birds)

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   Don't Touch My Bird.

Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for “time”"

bird (uncountable)

1. A prison sentence.

   He’s doing bird.

• (prison sentence): porridge, stretch, time

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bird (uncountable)

1. The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
   • 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.

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