bird
bird is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2). Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
- noun. A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves.
- noun. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
- noun. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
- intransitive verb. To catch or shoot birds.
- intransitive verb. Hence: To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
- noun. warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- noun. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- noun. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- noun. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- noun. informal terms for a (young) woman
- verb. watch and study birds in their natural habitat
Synonyms
birdie, shuttle, shuttlecock, boo, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing, snort, fowl, chick, dame, doll, skirt, wench, birdwatch
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bird:
Common word forms
birds, birded, birder, birding, birdless
Words from these letters
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