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pigeon | bird |

As a noun pigeon

is one of several birds of the family columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

As a verb pigeon

is to deceive with a confidence game.

As a proper noun bird is

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pigeon

English

(wikipedia pigeon)

Alternative forms

* pidgeon (chiefly archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
  • (slang) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
  • Synonyms

    * (bird) columbid (Columbidae), columbiform (Columbiformes), culver, dove * (person who is a target or victim of a confidence game) dupe, fish, mark, mug, sucker, rube, stiff

    Derived terms

    * (Afep pigeon) (Columba unicincta ) * African owl pigeon () * (African green pigeon) (Treron calvus ) * (African olive pigeon) * (American pigeon) (Patagioenas ) * Arabian trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * archangel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * baby pigeon * (band-tailed pigeon) (Patagioenas fasciata ) * barb pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Barbary pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (bare-eyed mountain pigeon) * (bare-eyed pigeon) * (Beretta silver pigeon) * (Bismarck imperial pigeon) * (black imperial pigeon) * Bokhara trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (vern, Bolle's pigeon) (Columba bollii ) * (Bresse pigeon) * (flock bronzewing pigeon) (Phaps histrionica''), (flock bronzewing) (''Phaps histrionica ) * (brown pigeon) (Macropygia phasianella ) * carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * carneau pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Chilean pigeon) (Patagioenas araucana ) * Chinese owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * city pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * clay pigeon * cock pigeon * color pigeon, colour pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Comoros green pigeon) () * crescent pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (crested pigeon) (Ocyphaps lophotes ) * crop pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * cropper pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * crowned pigeon (Goura ) * (vern, Delegorgue's pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * domestic pigeon, (Columba livia domestica''), Domestic Pigeon ('' ) * dovecot pigeon, dovecote pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Dresden trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Eastern bronze-naped pigeon) (Columba delegorguei ) * English trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * English owl pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fancy pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * female pigeon * feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fire pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (flock pigeon) (Phaps histrionica ) * form pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * frillback pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * fruit pigeon, (fruit-pigeon) * future pigeon * gimpel pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * green pigeon (Treron ) * helmet pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * hen pigeon * highflyer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (hill pigeon) (Columba rupestris ) * homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * homing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ice pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (imperial pigeon) (Ducula ) * Indian fantail pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * jacobin pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * John Silver (war pigeon) * king pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Komorner tumbler pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (Madagascar green pigeon), (Madagascan green pigeon) (Treron australis ) * (Micronesian imperial pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * (Micronesian pigeon) (Ducula oceanica ) * Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon * (Moluccan rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula basilica ) * Lahore pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Lahore pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * (laurel pigeon) (Columba junoniae ) * male pigeon * (New Guinea bronzewing) (Henicophaps albifrons''), New Guinea Bronzewing Pigeon (''Henicophaps albifrons ) * nun pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Old English carrier pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * oriental frill pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pale-vented pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius ) * peak-crested pigeon * pheasant pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (pheasant pigeon) (Otidiphaps nobilis ) * (Picazuro pigeon) (Patagioenas picazuro ) * pigeon band * pigeon banding * pigeon blue * pigeon breast * pigeon-breasted * pigeon breed * pigeon breeder * pigeon breeding * pigeon bug * pigeon-chested * pigeon clock * pigeon cot * pigeon cote * pigeon crop * pigeon defence * pigeon defense * pigeon dirt * pigeon disease * pigeon drop * pigeon droppings * pigeon egg * pigeon English (archaic) * pigeon fancier, pigeon-fancier * pigeon fancy * pigeon fancying * pigeon feather * pigeon feed * pigeon feeder * pigeon feeding * pigeon flute * pigeon guillemot * (pigeon hawk) (Falco columbarius ) * pigeon house * pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, pigeon hole * pigeonholing, pigeon-holing * pigeon hunt * pigeon hunter * pigeon hunting * pigeon journal * pigeon keeper * pigeon keeping * pigeon loft * pigeon lung * pigeon magazine * pigeon milk * pigeon's milk * pigeon pair * pigeon pie * pigeon plumage * pigeon post * pigeon shoot * pigeon squab * pigeon racer * pigeon racing * pigeon ring * pigeon whistle * pigeon wing * pigeon young * (pink pigeon) (), formerly (Nesoenas mayeri ) * plain-headed pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (plain pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (plumbeous pigeon) (Patagioenas inornata ) * (pouter pigeon), (powter pigeon) (Columba livia ) * put the cat among the pigeons * racing homer pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * racing pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * ringbeater pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * rock pigeon (Columba livia ) * roller pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * (ruddy pigeon) (Patagioenas subvinacea ) * (rufous-bellied fruit pigeon) (Ducula rufigaster ) * (rufous pigeon) (Patagioenas cayennensis ) * runt pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * Saxon field pigeon (Columba livia domestica ) * scandaroon pigeon (Columba livia domestica''), Scandaroon pigeon (''Columba livia domestica ) * shell-crested pigeon * silver pigeon * Silver pigeon * silvery pigeon * snow pigeon * Somali pigeon * (somber pigeon), (sombre pigeon) (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa ) * stock pigeon (Columba oenas ) * stool pigeon * (strasser pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (structure pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Sumatran green pigeon) * (vern, Temminck's fruit pigeon) (Ptilinopus porphyreus ) * (Thuringian field pigeon) (Columba livia ) * topknot pigeon * (Torres Strait pigeon) (Ducula bicolor ) * (Trocaz pigeon) * trumpeter pigeon (Columba livia ) * (tumbler pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbit pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (turbiteen pigeon) (Columba livia ) * (Victoria crowned pigeon), (Goura victoria ) * war pigeon * (wattle pigeon), (wattled pigeon) (Columba livia ) * white-collared pigeon * (white-crowned pigeon) (Patagioenas leucocephala ) * wild pigeon * (wild pigeon) (Ectopistes migratorius ) * (Wompoo pigeon) (Ptilinopus magnificus ) * (Wonga pigeon) (Leucosarcia melanoleuca ) * woodpigeon, wood-pigeon, wood pigeon (Columba palumbus'' or Homiphaga Novaeseelandiae ) * young pigeon

    See also

    * piper * squab * squeaker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to deceive with a confidence game
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    bird

    English

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    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (m), , of uncertain origin and relation.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
  • Ducks and sparrows are birds .
  • * 2004 , Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds , page 50:
  • The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
  • (dated, slang) A man, fellow.
  • * 1886 , Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
  • He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 24:
  • The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.
  • * 2006 , Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
  • "Ah, he's a funny bird ," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
  • (UK, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
  • * Campbell
  • And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
  • The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.
  • (UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
  • Mike went out with his bird last night.
  • (slang) An airplane.
  • (obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
  • * Shakespeare
  • That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird .
  • * Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20)
  • The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
    Synonyms
    * (man) chap, bloke, guy * (woman) broad, chick, dame, girl, lass * See also * See also
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush * adult bird * a funny bird * a gay old bird * Alberta's provincial bird * a little bird * a little bird told me * aquatic bird * a queer bird * band birds * beach birds * bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) * big bird * Big Bird * bird bath * birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea ) * birdbrain, bird brain * birdbrained, bird-brained * birdbrained person * birdcage * birdcage clock * birdcall, bird-call, bird call * birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation * birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator * birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher * birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching * bird-catching net * bird dealer, bird-dealer * bird-do * bird dog * bird-dog * bird-dogged * bird-dogging * bird-dogs * birder * bird eye * bird flu * birdfood, bird food * bird-foot * bird-footed dinosaur * bird hatch * bird hatching * bird-hipped * bird-hipped dinosaur * birdhouse, bird-house, bird house * birdie * birdied * birdieing * bird influenza * bird in the hand, bird in hand * birding * birdlet * bird life * birdlike, bird-like * birdlime * birdlimed * birdlimer * birdlimes * birdliming * bird louse * birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover * birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving * birdly * birdman * bird of freedom * bird of ill omen * bird of Jove * bird of Juno * bird of paradise * bird-of-paradise * Bird of Paradise * bird-of-paradise flower * bird of passage * bird of peace * bird of prey * bird pepper * birdseed * birdseller, bird-seller * bird's eye * bird's-eye map * bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum ) * bird's-eye maple wood veneer * bird's-eye primrose * bird's-eye speedwell * bird's-eye view * bird's-foot * bird's-foot trefoil * bird's-foot violet * bird shit * birdshot, bird shot * bird's mouth * bird's-nest orchid * bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup * birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together * birdsong * birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise * bird spider * bird's tooth * birdstore, bird store * birdstrike, bird strike * * bird table * birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher * birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching * birdwoman * birdy * clever bird * cock bird, cock-bird * dickeybird, dickybird * do bird * early bird * eat like a bird * European bird cherry * fine feathers make fine birds * frigate bird * for the birds * gamebird, game-bird, game bird * gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer * get the bird * give somebody the bird, give someone the bird * hen bird * hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird * kill two birds with one stone * like a bird * little bird * odd bird * old bird * rare bird * seabird * shorebird, shore bird * strange bird * the bird has flown, the bird is flown * the birds and the bees * the early bird catches the worm * waterbird, water bird
    See also
    * burd * chirp * squawk * tweet * * (wikipedia) * (commonslite) * (Aves)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment
  • To catch or shoot birds.
  • (figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Etymology 2

    Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"

    Noun

    (-)
  • A prison sentence.
  • He’s doing bird .
    Synonyms
    * (prison sentence) porridge, stretch, time

    Etymology 3

    Dated in the mid?18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a ”.

    Noun

  • The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
  • * 2002 , The Advocate , "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
  • For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
  • * 2003 , , The Beach House , Warner Books, page 305,
  • Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
    Derived terms
    * flip the bird

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Asian slang) A penis.
  • Don't Touch My Bird .

    References

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