Dickey-bird (Noun)

Meaning

Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Usages

• Colloquialism

Examples

• Look at the little dickey-bird perched on the windowsill singing its heart out.
• The dickey-bird outside our house is making such a sweet noise this morning.
• In the garden, we saw a tiny dickey-bird flitting from flower to flower.
• Can you see the dickey-bird hiding behind the leaves of that bush over there?
• That dickey-bird is so small it can fit inside a teacup.

Synonyms

• Dicky-bird
• Dickybird
• Dickeybird

Hypernyms

• Bird