"birdbrain" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).",
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          "text": "That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.",
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          "ref": "1950 February 27, Time, page 38",
          "text": "Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...”",
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        "Someone who is not intelligent."
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        "(colloquial) Someone who is not intelligent."
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          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "étourneau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
          "word": "Vogel"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dakdaegari",
          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
          "word": "닭대가리"
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          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "cérebro de passarinho"
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          "roman": "kurínyje mozgí",
          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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          "word": "кури́ные мозги́"
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          "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
          "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cap de pardals"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "word": "kananaivo"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "étourneau"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "word": "Vogel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dakdaegari",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "word": "닭대가리"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saedaegari",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "word": "새대가리"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kurzy móżdżek"
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      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cérebro de passarinho"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurínyje mozgí",
      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "кури́ные мозги́"
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      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casquivano"
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      "sense": "someone who is not intelligent",
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      "word": "hönshjärna"
    }
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  "word": "birdbrain"
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