old bird

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• old bird — noun An astute, experienced person • • • Main Entry: ↑old …   Useful english dictionary

• old bird — /oʊld ˈbɜd/ (say ohld berd) noun Colloquial an old person: a tough old bird …  

• old bird — someone who has experience, veteran worker …   English contemporary dictionary

• old bird —  Experienced person …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• bird — W2S2 [bə:d US bə:rd] n [: Old English; Origin: bridd] 1.) a creature with wings and feathers that can usually fly. Many birds sing and build nests, and female birds lay eggs. ▪ wild birds ▪ The dawn was filled with the sound of birds. ▪ a flock… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bird — ► NOUN 1) a warm blooded egg laying vertebrate animal which has feathers, wings, and a beak, and typically is able to fly. 2) informal a person of a specified kind or character: she s a sharp old bird. 3) Brit. informal a young woman or… …   English terms dictionary

• bird — [ bɜrd ] noun count *** 1. ) an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for flying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill. Birds build nests, in which female birds lay eggs. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a particular type of person: She s a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bird — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ birds 1) N COUNT A bird is a creature with feathers and wings. Female birds lay eggs. Most birds can fly. 2) N COUNT Some men refer to young women as birds. This use could cause offence. [BRIT, INFORMAL] 3) → See also game… …   English dictionary

• bird — noun (C) 1 BIRD a creature with wings and feathers that lays eggs and can usually fly: The tree was full of tiny, brightly coloured birds. 2 a little bird told me spoken used to say that you know something, but you will not say how you found out …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bird —    This word had been associated with ‘girl’ since the fourteenth century. Originally it may have been a separate word, ‘burd’, a poetic word for woman, and there may have been confusion with ‘bride’, since ‘bird’ itself was often written as… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• bird */*/*/ — UK [bɜː(r)d] / US [bɜrd] noun [countable] Word forms bird : singular bird plural birds 1) an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for flying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill. Birds build nests, in which female birds lay eggs …   English dictionary