bird dogn.

Brit.

/ˈbəːd dɒɡ/, U.S.

/ˈbərd ˌdɔɡ/,

/ˈbərd ˌdɑɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., dog n.¹

Etymology: < bird n. + dog n.¹In sense 1 originally after Danish fuglehund (1752 in the passage translated in quot. 1755).

1. Originally: †a dog trained to catch wild birds (obsolete). In later use (chiefly North American): any of various breeds of dog developed to find or retrieve birds; a dog of one of these breeds; = gun dog n. at gun n. Compounds 2.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that retrieves or seizes prey

water dogc1400

findera1425

seizer1718

bird dog1755

catch dog1841

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that hunts specific animals

bear dog1616

wolf-dog1652

coney dog1681

foumart-dog?1748

bird dog1755

boar-dog1792

bear hound1807

wolf-hound1823

toller1831

coon-dog1833

pig-dog1845

rat terrier1851

ratter1858

rabbiter1859

squirrel-dog1860

badgerer1876

boar-hound1884

turkey-dog1895

coon hound1920

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. i. 8 At Rost Værven, and other places in Nordland, where they have very advantageous birding, each farmer keeps twelve, fourteen, or sixteen such bird-dogs [Dan. Fugle-Hunde]; they are small, long and lank, with short legs.

1837 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 18 Apr. In raising a Fox Dog would you mix the Hound with the Pointer? in raising the Bird Dog, would you cross the Pointer with the Bull Dog?

1888 A. Randall-Diehl Two Thousand Words 28 Bird-dog, a dog which accompanies the bird-hunter for the purpose of scenting the game and picking it up after it falls.

1923 J. Miner Jack Miner & Birds xv. 61 He went for his bird dog, thus giving the drake nearly an hour to make his escape.

2000 Field & Stream May 123/1 Teaching bird dogs to find, point, and hold birds requires lots of repetition with consistent results.

a. U.S. colloquial. A person whose job is to find and recruit people on behalf of someone else; esp. a talent scout for a sports team.

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society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who seeks or recruits employees

scout1905

headhunter1918

bird dog1919

spotter1935

recruiter1970

society > leisure > sport > scouting or selecting > [noun] > scouting > one who

bird dog1919

scout1949

1919 Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram 6 June 4/2 It might be well to look around for the ‘bird dog’ next time an expert stock salesman begins shooting at you with arguments in favor of corporation stocks with fat dividends attached.

1948 S. Nisenson Giant Bk. Sports 48 When a minor-league player tells his teammates, ‘There's a bird dog in the stands today,’ he means that the team is being scouted.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 7 Mar. 25/2 He'd met..a legendary old-time scout, one of the last bird dogs to wear a tie and a straw fedora to ball games.

b. U.S. Military slang and College slang. A single young man who tries to dance with, talk to, etc., a young woman who is part of a couple with another man. Now rare.Popularized by the Everly Brothers song of this name. See quot. 1958.

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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > ladies' man or philanderer

gallanta1450

dalliera1568

women's man1568

amorist1595

woman's man1597

lady-mongerc1600

dammaret1635

topgallant1701

agapet1736

ladies' man1764

Jack among the maids1785

philanderer1841

Romeo1902

tea-hound1921

bird dog1942

1942 Randolph Field iv. 129 Bird Dog, a cadet who persistently cuts in on another cadet's girl at a dance.

1958 B. Bryant Bird Dog (transcribed from song, perf. Everly Brothers) Johnny is a joker that's a-trying to steal my baby. He's a bird dog.

1972 Boston Sunday Globe 3 Dec. b25 Only bird dogs cut in on a slow dance, I figure.

c. Forestry (chiefly Canadian). More fully bird dog plane. A small aeroplane that leads or directs water bombers fighting a wildfire.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for other specific uses

ambulance aeroplane1915

ambulance airplane1918

ambulance plane1918

air ambulance1920

firebomber1938

crop-duster1939

grasshopper1939

water bomber1956

weather plane1962

bird dog1965

1965 Northern Sentinel (Kitimat, Brit. Columbia) 23 Sept. 2/5 Fifty per cent of this number [of aircraft] was stationed in the Prince George and Prince Rupert Forest Districts and included helicopters, water bombers, patrol aircraft and ‘bird dogs’.

1977 Tel.-Jrnl. (Saint John, New Brunswick) 2 June 4/3 The ‘birddog’..is the one who tells the other pilots where to drop their loads. He, of course, is in radio contact with the fire boss. Between them, they plan a strategy to fight the blaze.

2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) July 8/2 My granddaughter who lives in Yellowknife..flies in the birddog plane for the water bombers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	bird dog
释义	bird dogn. Brit. /ˈbəːd dɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈbərd ˌdɔɡ/, /ˈbərd ˌdɑɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., dog n.¹ Etymology: < bird n. + dog n.¹In sense 1 originally after Danish fuglehund (1752 in the passage translated in quot. 1755). 1. Originally: †a dog trained to catch wild birds (obsolete). In later use (chiefly North American): any of various breeds of dog developed to find or retrieve birds; a dog of one of these breeds; = gun dog n. at gun n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that retrieves or seizes prey water dogc1400 findera1425 seizer1718 bird dog1755 catch dog1841 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that hunts specific animals bear dog1616 wolf-dog1652 coney dog1681 foumart-dog?1748 bird dog1755 boar-dog1792 bear hound1807 wolf-hound1823 toller1831 coon-dog1833 pig-dog1845 rat terrier1851 ratter1858 rabbiter1859 squirrel-dog1860 badgerer1876 boar-hound1884 turkey-dog1895 coon hound1920 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway ii. i. 8 At Rost Værven, and other places in Nordland, where they have very advantageous birding, each farmer keeps twelve, fourteen, or sixteen such bird-dogs [Dan. Fugle-Hunde]; they are small, long and lank, with short legs. 1837 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Gaz. 18 Apr. In raising a Fox Dog would you mix the Hound with the Pointer? in raising the Bird Dog, would you cross the Pointer with the Bull Dog? 1888 A. Randall-Diehl Two Thousand Words 28 Bird-dog, a dog which accompanies the bird-hunter for the purpose of scenting the game and picking it up after it falls. 1923 J. Miner Jack Miner & Birds xv. 61 He went for his bird dog, thus giving the drake nearly an hour to make his escape. 2000 Field & Stream May 123/1 Teaching bird dogs to find, point, and hold birds requires lots of repetition with consistent results. 2. a. U.S. colloquial. A person whose job is to find and recruit people on behalf of someone else; esp. a talent scout for a sports team. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > employer > [noun] > one who seeks or recruits employees scout1905 headhunter1918 bird dog1919 spotter1935 recruiter1970 society > leisure > sport > scouting or selecting > [noun] > scouting > one who bird dog1919 scout1949 1919 Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram 6 June 4/2 It might be well to look around for the ‘bird dog’ next time an expert stock salesman begins shooting at you with arguments in favor of corporation stocks with fat dividends attached. 1948 S. Nisenson Giant Bk. Sports 48 When a minor-league player tells his teammates, ‘There's a bird dog in the stands today,’ he means that the team is being scouted. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 7 Mar. 25/2 He'd met..a legendary old-time scout, one of the last bird dogs to wear a tie and a straw fedora to ball games. b. U.S. Military slang and College slang. A single young man who tries to dance with, talk to, etc., a young woman who is part of a couple with another man. Now rare.Popularized by the Everly Brothers song of this name. See quot. 1958. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > ladies' man or philanderer gallanta1450 dalliera1568 women's man1568 amorist1595 woman's man1597 lady-mongerc1600 dammaret1635 topgallant1701 agapet1736 ladies' man1764 Jack among the maids1785 philanderer1841 Romeo1902 tea-hound1921 bird dog1942 1942 Randolph Field iv. 129 Bird Dog, a cadet who persistently cuts in on another cadet's girl at a dance. 1958 B. Bryant Bird Dog (transcribed from song, perf. Everly Brothers) Johnny is a joker that's a-trying to steal my baby. He's a bird dog. 1972 Boston Sunday Globe 3 Dec. b25 Only bird dogs cut in on a slow dance, I figure. c. Forestry (chiefly Canadian). More fully bird dog plane. A small aeroplane that leads or directs water bombers fighting a wildfire. 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