snowbird
Plural: snowbirds
Noun
- A small bird or a person who moves to a warmer climate in winter.
- medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
- white Arctic bunting
- small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
- A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
- A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
- The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
- A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
- One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
- Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.
Examples
- Like a SNOWBIRD, he flew south to avoid the harsh winter of low-scoring Words With Friends games.
Origin / Etymology
From snow + bird.
Scrabble Score: 14
snowbird: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsnowbird: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
snowbird: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
snowbird: valid Words With Friends Word