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give the bird

give the bird verb: synonym of flip the bird.

Verb

give the bird (third-person singular simple present gives the bird, present participle giving the bird, simple past gave the bird, past participle given the bird)

  1. Synonym of flip the bird.
    • Keeping up foreign relations. You know, giving him the bird!1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Maverick (Tom Cruise)
    Synonyms:
    flip the bird
  2. (UK) To boo and jeer (at someone), especially to express displeasure at a performer.
    • The crowd was giving the bird to the warm-up act.

Synonyms of give the bird

Forms of give the bird

third-person singular presentgives the bird
present participlegiving the bird
pastgave the bird
past participlegiven the bird

Questions about give the bird

What does give the bird mean?
Give the bird means synonym of flip the bird.
What part of speech is give the bird?
Give the bird is a verb.
What is the past tense of give the bird?
The past tense of give the bird is gave the bird.

Words near give the bird in the dictionary

  1. give something up as a bad job
  2. give stick
  3. give suck
  4. give the ax
  5. give the axe
  6. give the bird
  7. give the devil his due
  8. give the dirts
  9. give the elbow
  10. give the finger
  11. give the fingers

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