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BNC: 15646 COCA: 22797

blackbird

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
blackbird /ˈblækˌbɚd/ noun
plural blackbirds
blackbird
/ˈblækˌbɚd/
noun
plural blackbirds
Learner's definition of BLACKBIRD
[count]
: any one of several American birds with males that are mostly black美洲黑鸟;黑鹂
: a common European bird with males that have black feathers and an orange bill乌鸫
BNC: 15646 COCA: 22797

blackbird

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noun

black·​bird ˈblak-ˌbərd How to pronounce blackbird (audio)
1
: any of various birds of which the males are largely or entirely black: such as
a
: a common thrush (Turdus merula) of Eurasia and northern Africa having an orange bill and eye rim
b
: any of several American oscine birds (family Icteridae)
2
: a Pacific islander kidnapped for use as a plantation laborer

blackbird

2 of 2

verb

blackbirded; blackbirding; blackbirds

intransitive verb

: to engage in the slave trade especially in the South Pacific

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In the Russian firebird story, a woman artist is kidnapped by an evil foreign prince who disguises himself as a blackbird and then transforms her into a firebird to fly her back to his country. San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022 From his first recording of a Eurasian blackbird as a boy, Stewart’s motivation has been singular: to use sound as a megaphone for vulnerable places and animals. Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2022 There’s intention behind that aesthetically arresting flourish: In Mohegan, Sayet was named for a blackbird that flutters between the spirit world and the corporal realm. Washington Post, 29 June 2021 The blackbird hen is brown, purple finches are distinctly raspberry red and many greyhounds come in colors other than gray. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2021 There's a blackbird and there's a robin and a great tit and the rest have gone. Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 20 May 2021 The designs include a depiction of Angelou with a bird cage in one hand and a blackbird in another, a dove landing on an open book, as well as an ink quill fashioned to look like a bird. Isabella Meneses, ABC News, 8 May 2021 The grackle is the foot-long blackbird with bright yellow eyes. Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021 Every single person, including the director, got a blackbird tattoo to kind of commemorate our experience together. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1836, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blackbird was in the 14th century
BNC: 15646 COCA: 22797

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