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bird dog en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɜːd dɒɡ/

Etymology

Compound of bird + dog.

Meanings

  1. A gun dog used in hunting waterfowl and other birds to flush, point out, and/or retrieve the birds.
    • Tim Johnson was the property of Mr. Harry Johnson who drove the Mobile bus and lived on the southern edge of town. Tim was a liver-colored bird dog, the pet of Maycomb. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
  2. A tout.
  3. A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee.
  4. (qualifier:CB slang) A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps).
    • I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on 1986, Steve Earle, Guitar Town:
  5. A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted.
  6. A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner
    • Johnny is the joker that's been tryin' to steal my baby He's a bird dog 1958, Everly Brothers, Bird Dog:

Forms

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bird-dog alternative lexicographic
birddog alternative lexicographic
bird dogs Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

dog · hunting dog · gun dog · hound

bird dog en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbɜːd dɒɡ/

Etymology

Compound of bird + dog.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To watch closely.
  2. (transitive) To seek out.
  3. (slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors.

Forms

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bird-dog alternative lexicographic
bird dogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
birddog alternative lexicographic
bird dogged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bird dogged Tense=Past lexicographic
bird dogging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic