Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog used to hunt game birds; a gun dog.
- noun Informal One that bird-dogs.
- noun A scout, especially in baseball.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A dog used in
shooting to retrieve the dead birds, especially an English pointer. - noun A
tout - verb intransitive To
watch closely. - verb transitive To
seek out.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds
Etymologies
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bird + dog
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vendingmachine commented on the word bird dog
I like using this word as a verb.
March 5, 2016