bird
Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: bû(r)d, IPA (key): /bɜːd/
- (US) IPA (key): /bɝd/ or [bɝɖ]
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Noun
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- (countable) A bird is a warm-blooded animal that has feathers and wings and lays eggs. Most birds can fly.
- Synonym: birdy
- (uncountable) When you give someone the bird, you give a vulgar hand gesture where only the middle finger is up.
- Synonyms: the finger and middle finger
- (Asian) (slang) A bird is a penis.
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