bird

Plural: birds

Noun

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
informal terms for a (young) woman
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) 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.
A chicken or turkey used as food.
A man, fellow.
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
A girlfriend.
An aircraft.
A satellite.
A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
A yardbird.
A kilogram of cocaine.
A penis.
Jailtime; time in prison.
Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
A prison sentence.

Verb

Verb Forms: birded, birding, birds

To hunt birds, typically for sport.
watch and study birds in their natural habitat
To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
To transmit via satellite.
To bring into prison, to roof.

Adj

Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.

Examples

Ducks and sparrows are birds.
He decided to bird for high-scoring plays, carefully scanning the Words With Friends board.
He’s doing bird.
Mike went out with his bird last night.
Pitch in and help me stuff the bird if you want Thanksgiving dinner.
to flip the bird
to give the bird

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

birdie, birdwatch, boo, Bronx cheer, chick, dame, doll, fowl, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, shuttle, shuttlecock, skirt, snort, wench, avian, babe, baggage, bim, bint, bird, bitch, bloke, blone, boy, brick, bro, broad, broski, bruh, cake, cat, chap, chappy, chicken, chield, colleen, cove, covess, covey, cutty, damoiselle, damsel, dawg, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), donna, dude, elrig, feathered folk, feathered friend, fella, fellow, feme, femme, femoid, frail, frau, frow, gadgie, gal, gate, geezer, gel, gentlelady, ginch, gink, girl, girlie, girly, gloak, gome, grill, guy, health, hen, ho, homeboy, homey, hottie, huwoman, joe, lady, lass, lassie, lede, little girl, maggie, maid, maid child, maiden, maness, minoress, miss, missy, moggy, mort, mulier, nigga, ninja, omi, pillicock, placket, poppet, porridge, pucelle, punk, puss, pussy, quean, queen, rooster, seg, shalk, she, sheila, squaw, stretch, tart, the finger, thot, time, twist, tía, vaginoid, wallah, wan, wer, were, wife, wimmin, woman, woman child, wommon, womon, womxn, womyn, wye

Scrabble Score: 7

bird: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bird: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bird: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

bird: valid Words With Friends Word