bird-dog

Noun

bird dog (plural bird dogs)

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. (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 on1986, 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 dog1958, Everly Brothers, Bird Dog

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