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shoot a bird

shoot a bird verb: to make an obscene gesture by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.

Verb

shoot a bird (third-person singular simple present shoots a bird, present participle shooting a bird, simple past and past participle shot a bird)

  1. (intransitive) To make an obscene gesture by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, a, bird.

Forms of shoot a bird

third-person singular presentshoots a bird
present participleshooting a bird
past participleshot a bird
pastshot a bird

Questions about shoot a bird

What does shoot a bird mean?
Shoot a bird means to make an obscene gesture by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.
What part of speech is shoot a bird?
Shoot a bird is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoot a bird?
The past tense of shoot a bird is shot a bird.

Words near shoot a bird in the dictionary

  1. shooster
  2. shoosters
  3. shoot
  4. shoot 'em up
  5. shoot 'em ups
  6. shoot a bird
  7. shoot a rope
  8. shoot an elephant with a BB gun
  9. shoot and protect
  10. shoot around
  11. shoot back

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