bird dogとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• bird-dog, birddog

語源

Compound of bird +‎ dog.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɜːd dɒɡ/

名詞

bird dog (plural bird dogs)

1. A gun dog used in hunting waterfowl and other birds to flush, point out, and/or retrieve the birds.

   Hypernyms: gun dog < hunting dog < dog, hound

   Hyponyms: setter, pointer, retriever

2. A tout.
3. A person who seeks out real estate investment opportunities in exchange for a fee.
4. (CB slang) A radar detector (for detecting police speed traps).
   • 1986, Steve Earle, Guitar Town:

     I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
     With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on

5. A hyperextension exercise performed lying on the knees, with one arm and the opposite leg lifted.
6. A person who tries to steal someone else's romantic partner
   • 1958, Everly Brothers, Bird Dog:

     Johnny is the joker that's been tryin' to steal my baby
     He's a bird dog

動詞

bird dog (third-person singular simple present bird dogs, present participle bird dogging, simple past and past participle bird dogged)

1. (intransitive) To watch closely.
2. (transitive) To seek out.
3. (aviation, military, slang) A multiservice tactical brevity code requesting configuration of sensors.

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動詞

bird-dog (third-person singular simple present bird-dogs, present participle bird-dogging, simple past and past participle bird-dogged)

1. Alternative spelling of bird dog

動詞

birddog (third-person singular simple present birddogs, present participle birddogging, simple past and past participle birddogged)

1. Alternative spelling of bird dog.