Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get the bird

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: get the bird
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be hissed, booed, jeered or otherwise derided at a public performance

Inflected Forms

gets the bird (present, singular) getting the bird (participle, present) got the bird (past) got the bird (UK, participle) gotten the bird (US, participle)

Questions

What does get the bird mean?: To be hissed, booed, jeered or otherwise derided at a public performance

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