birdbrain
UK/ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn//ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/
birdbrain noun: someone who is not intelligent.
Noun
birdbrain (plural birdbrains)
- Someone who is not intelligent.
- That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.
- Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two...1950 February 27, Time, page 38
Forms of birdbrain
| plural | birdbrains |
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Origin of birdbrain
From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).
Questions about birdbrain
- What does birdbrain mean?
- Birdbrain means someone who is not intelligent.
- What part of speech is birdbrain?
- Birdbrain is a noun.
- How do you pronounce birdbrain?
- Birdbrain is pronounced /ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of birdbrain?
- The plural of birdbrain is birdbrains.
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