sparrows

Noun

sparrow (plural sparrows)

1. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
   • Man progresses generally, not both legs at once like a sparrow, but by putting one leg forward first, and then the other.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 192

   Synonyms:

   spadger, spoggy, spuggy

2. A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
3. A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
4. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
5. (London, UK) A quick-witted, lively person.
   • cockney sparrow

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