Definition of Bird dog

1. Noun. A gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds.

Generic synonyms: Gun Dog, Sporting Dog

Definition of Bird dog

1. Noun. A dog used in shooting to retrieve the dead birds, especially an English pointer. ¹

2. Noun. A tout ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To watch closely. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To seek out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bird Dog

bird-lime
bird-nest
bird-of-paradise
bird-on-the-wing
bird-scarer
bird bath
bird baths
bird cherries
bird cherry
bird cherry tree
bird colonel
bird colonels
bird course
bird courses
bird diseases
bird dog
bird dogged
bird dogging
bird dogs
bird dropping spider
bird dropping spiders
bird face
bird family
bird fancier
bird flu
bird food
bird genus
bird in the bosom
bird in the hand
bird louse

Literary usage of Bird dog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Out of Doors by Emerson Hough (1915)
"X YOUR bird dog: HOW TO USE HIM AMONG the curiosities of literature is the ... These things are true, although there is less use for a bird dog today than ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"In the summer time you watch a young bird dog and see if he don't destroy more ... I have a friend who told me that a bird dog loses his scent in the spring ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"a "pointer" dog Is я bird dog, and Is used for hunting birds. Gunn v. .... bird dog ..."

4. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"... but to trail the fox the bird dog would likely have been compelled to put his nose tediously to the earth. In strong breezes, however, hounds do often ..."

5. American Primary Teacher. (1897)
"The most valuable of the three breeds is the bird-dog, for he possesses all the qualities ... It is said that when a bird-dog has over him a master whom he ..."

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