Definition of PARTRIDGE

partridge

Plural: partridge, partridges

Noun

  • flesh of either quail or grouse
  • heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
  • small Old World gallinaceous game birds
  • a popular North American game bird; named for its call
  • valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
  • Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.
  • The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
  • A type of cannon charge composed of several missiles fired all together, similar to langrage or case-shot. Also a large cannon that shoots stones.

Examples

  • On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a partridge in a pear tree.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English partrich, partriche, pertriche, perdriz, from Old French perdriz, partriz, from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”), probably from πέρδομαι (pérdomai, “to fart”).

Synonyms

bobwhite, bobwhite quail, Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse, tinamou

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

partridge: valid Words With Friends Word