budgie

noun

bud·​gie ˈbə-jē How to pronounce budgie (audio)

Examples of budgie in a Sentence

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Tynes says locals in Washington rallied around her and Kedar's families to help them through the aftermath of the crash, including helping look after the couple's pets — Cullen’s turtle, Squirt; Kedar’s seven birds, called budgies — and her plants until they could be sent back to their relatives. Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024 Macaws, budgies and other birds got quiet and roosted up high, which is nighttime behavior. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024 Skilled breeders are artists in their own right, and the seemingly endless color range of budgies represents a veritable masterpiece of selective breeding. Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022 The blue melanin is actually gray-black, and only appears blue because of the peculiar formation of the budgie’s feather barbs. Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022 Occasionally a naturally occurring mutation removes one of the pigments to produce a yellow or blue budgie. Harry Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022 Maybe that will also suit your dog or your budgie. Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022 But neither are our times fair to all those dogs named Karen, or that one budgie named Omicron Variant BA5. New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022 In fact, members of the parrot family, like budgies and cockatoos, are even better at syncing their movements to a beat than chimpanzees are, wrote Dr. Hattori. Susan Pinker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020

Word History

Etymology

budg(erigar) + -ie

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of budgie was in 1935

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“Budgie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/budgie. Accessed 6 Dec. 2024.

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budgie

noun
bud·​gie ˈbəj-ē How to pronounce budgie (audio)
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