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jailbird

jailbird noun: a prisoner or an ex-prisoner.

Noun

jailbird (plural jailbirds)

  1. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
    Synonyms:
    yardbird

jailbird meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

jailbird in Urdu

جرائم پیشہ, موذی, سابقہ قیدی

jailbird in Malayalam

തടവുപുള്ളി

Synonyms of jailbird

Forms of jailbird

pluraljailbirds

Origin of jailbird

From jail + bird, circa 1600. Compare gallows bird.

Questions about jailbird

What does jailbird mean?
Jailbird means a prisoner or an ex-prisoner.
What is jailbird in Urdu?
Jailbird in Urdu is جرائم پیشہ, موذی, سابقہ قیدی. See Jailbird meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is jailbird?
Jailbird is a noun.
What is the plural of jailbird?
The plural of jailbird is jailbirds.

Words near jailbird in the dictionary

  1. jail-fever
  2. jailable
  3. Jailam
  4. jailbait
  5. jailbaits
  6. jailbird
  7. jailbirds
  8. jailbreak
  9. jailbreaker
  10. jailbreakers
  11. jailbreaking

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jailbird (page history and authors); jailbird (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jailbird (Malayalam 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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