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getting the bird

getting the bird is the present participle and gerund 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 getting the bird

What is getting the bird the present participle and gerund of?
Getting the bird is the present participle and gerund of get the bird.

Words near getting the bird in the dictionary

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

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