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bird

1. n. a woman; a girl. I like the bird you were with last night.

2. n. a derisive noise made with the lips; a raspberry. The third time he fumbled, he was greeted by two thousand mouths making the bird.

3. n. an odd person. Some old bird came up to me and tried to sell me a cookbook.

4. n. a rude gesture made with the middle finger. (Usually with the. See comments at finger wave.) A lot of little kids give people the bird all the time because they see it on television.

5. n. an airplane. I like this bird. She’s a dream to fly.

6. n. one hundred dollars. This thing cost three birds! Bull!

See:

• (as) free as a bird
• a bird in the hand
• a bird-brain
• a bird's eye shot
• a bird's eye view
• a little bird
• a little bird told me
• an early bird
• as free as a bird
• be (like) a bird in a gilded cage
• be (strictly) for the birds
• be for the birds
• bird
• bird has flown, the
• bird in (one's) bosom
• bird in the hand
• bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• bird of (one's) own brain
• bird of passage
• bird watcher
• bird-brain
• bird-dog
• birds and the bees, the
• bird's eye view
• Birds in their little nests agree
• birds of a feather
• birds of a feather (flock together)
• Birds of a feather flock together
• bird's-eye view
• boo-bird
• early bird
• early bird catches the worm
• eat like a bird
• Fine feathers make fine birds
• flip off
• flip someone the bird
• flip the bird
• for the birds
• free as a bird
• ghetto bird
• give (someone) the bird
• hit two birds with one stone
• It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
• kill two birds with one stone
• little bird told me
• little bird told one, a
• not (hear) a dicky bird
• odd bird
• on the bird
• rare bird
• rare bird, a
• strange bird
• The bird has flown
• the birds and the bees
• The early bird catches the worm
• two birds with one stone
• wading bird