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gets the bird

gets the bird is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get the bird.

Meaning of get the bird

Verb

get the bird (third-person singular simple present gets the bird, present participle getting the bird, simple past got the bird, past participle (UK) got the bird or (US) gotten the bird)

  1. To be hissed, booed, jeered or otherwise derided at a public performance

Questions about gets the bird

What is gets the bird the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets the bird is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get the bird.

Words near gets the bird in the dictionary

  1. gets taken in
  2. gets the ball rolling
  3. gets the band back together
  4. gets the best of
  5. gets the better of
  6. gets the bird
  7. gets the boot
  8. gets the bulge on
  9. gets the bullet
  10. gets the chop
  11. gets the dirty water off one's chest

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