jaybird

noun

jay·​bird ˈjā-ˌbərd How to pronounce jaybird (audio)

Examples of jaybird in a Sentence

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From the high rack, Moyer selects various sounds — a crippled jaybird, a fox in distress — from the remote control slung around his neck. Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024 Turns out, therefore, that a jaybird is naked only when its nether plumage has gone missing. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022 An amateur photographer from Scotland has captured incredible pictures of two jaybirds fighting over food. Fox News, 12 Aug. 2019 Haynes allegedly strolled off, naked as a jaybird, to his apartment. Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 2 Feb. 2018 Jacob Morphew is accused of bursting into a St. Leo family's home while naked as a jaybird, reports WPEC-CBS 12. Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2017 The naked as a jaybird-to-jailbird guy allegedly 'fessed up to having been boozing it up. Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 July 2017 No phone, no money, spokesmen or guards, just naked as jaybirds. John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of jaybird was in 1661

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“Jaybird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaybird. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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