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got the bird

got the bird is the simple past and past participle 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 got the bird

What is got the bird the simple past and past participle of?
Got the bird is the simple past and past participle of get the bird.

Words near got the bird in the dictionary

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

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