gizzard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɪzəd/ (UK)
- /ˈɡɪzəd/ (Australia)
- (Texas) audio
- /ˈɡɪzɚd/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.
Meanings
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A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.
As fortune has it, kingbirds, like owls, lack a grinding gizzard and regurgitate hard fragments from their meals.
2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 29:
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(slang) The (human) stomach.
"Pushing a man's face into his own breakfast is beyond rules or reason, and deserves a punch in the gizzard."
1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 51:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gizzards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stick in one's gizzard · fret the gizzard · gizdodo · dotted gizzard shad · gizzardless · gizzard stone · gizzard shad
Relateds
Translations (73)
no krås (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ar قَانِصَة (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · pl mielec (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · da kråse (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · gd sgròban (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · vi mề (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · lo ໃຕ (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ilo batikuleng (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ca pedrer (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ru второ́й желу́док (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · fr gésier (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · sh бу́бац (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · km កោះ (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · lv guza (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · is fóarn (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · hu zúza (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · chr ᎤᏳᏘ (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · cy crombil (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · lt skilvis (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · tr taşlık (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · la gigēria n pl [from 2ⁿᵈ century AD] (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · cy glasog (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · fi kivipiira (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ht zizye (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · es molleja (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · mn багалзуур (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · sv muskelmage (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · gl moega (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · tr katı (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · gl moella (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · cmn 肫 (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · hy մկանային ստամոքս (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · la ingluviēs (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · it ventriglio (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · mrw tikolen (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · lt skilvys (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · fi purumaha (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · tl balun-balunan (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · rap hatatū (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · id ampela (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ckb سیکەتۆرە (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · th กึ๋น (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · he קורקבן (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · hy քարճիկ (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · sw firigisi (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ga eagaois (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · pl żołądek mięśniowy (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · mn хоолой (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · eu arandoi (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · eo maĉstomako (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · zza siyanık (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · eo kropo (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · io gizardo (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · hu zúzógyomor (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ka ჩიჩახვი (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ro pipotă (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · yue 腎 /肾 (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · pt moela (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ru мускульный желудок (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · de Kaumagen (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · bg воденичка (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ko 모래주머니 (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · fi lihasmaha (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · jv rempela (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · nl spiermaag (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · fa سنگدان (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · zza sorsinek (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · hy քարաճիկ (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · sh búbac (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · ja 砂嚢 (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · cs svalnatý žaludek (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · izh kivimylly (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit) · uk мускульний шлунок (portion of the esophagus with ingested grit)