do bird in English

Forms: does bird [present, singular, third-person], doing bird [participle, present], did bird [past], done bird [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time". Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> bird}} do bird (third-person singular simple present does bird, present participle doing bird, simple past did bird, past participle done bird)

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  "etymology_text": "Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for \"time\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does bird",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing bird",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did bird",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done bird",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "do<does,,did,done> bird"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do time (to serve a prison sentence)."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_bird-en-verb-P26Z-nDD",
      "links": [
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          "do time",
          "do time"
        ],
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          "prison",
          "prison#English"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dated, informal) to do time (to serve a prison sentence)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "do one's bird"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do bird"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for \"time\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does bird",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing bird",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did bird",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done bird",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> bird"
      },
      "expansion": "do bird (third-person singular simple present does bird, present participle doing bird, simple past did bird, past participle done bird)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "British English",
        "English dated terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to do time (to serve a prison sentence)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "do time",
          "do time"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison#English"
        ],
        [
          "sentence",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dated, informal) to do time (to serve a prison sentence)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dated",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "do one's bird"
    }
  ],
  "word": "do bird"
}

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"do bird" meaning in English

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