"dead bird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-dead bird.ogg [Australia] Forms: dead birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dead bird (plural dead birds)
  1. (baseball, slang) A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-dead_bird-en-noun-ncIFTu2n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.
    Sense id: en-dead_bird-en-noun-nngH7gQQ

Inflected forms

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