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dicky-bird

dicky-bird noun: a small bird.

Noun

dicky-bird (plural dicky-birds)

  1. (familiar) A small bird.
    • The Swan and the Dickey-bird: A Fable.
    • Simple Simon went a hunting, He thought he could not fail, For to catch a Dickie Bird, For he’d got a little salt to put upon his tail.
  2. (UK, informal) A word; a brief chat.
    • We've not heard a dicky-bird about anything relating to his birthday.
  3. (UK, informal) A small thing.
    • I peeked into the cellar but there was nothing there. Not a dicky-bird.

dicky-bird meaning in Tamil

dicky-bird in Tamil

சிறுபுள்

Forms of dicky-bird

pluraldicky-birds
alternative formdickey-bird
alternative formdicky bird
alternative formdickybird
alternative formdickie bird

Questions about dicky-bird

What does dicky-bird mean?
Dicky-bird means a small bird.
What is dicky-bird in Tamil?
Dicky-bird in Tamil is சிறுபுள். See Dicky-bird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dicky-bird?
Dicky-bird is a noun.
What is the plural of dicky-bird?
The plural of dicky-bird is dicky-birds.

Words near dicky-bird in the dictionary

  1. dicky bow
  2. dicky bows
  3. Dicky Sam
  4. Dicky Sams
  5. dicky up
  6. dicky-bird
  7. dicky-birds
  8. dickybird
  9. dickybirds
  10. dickying up
  11. diclazuril

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dicky-bird (page history and authors); dicky-bird (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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