jaybird

noun

jay·​bird ˈjā-ˌbərd 

1

: jay entry 1 sense 1

2

: jay entry 1 sense 2

Examples of jaybird in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

From the high rack, Moyer selects various sounds — a crippled jaybird, a fox in distress — from the remote control slung around his neck. — Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024

Turns out, therefore, that a jaybird is naked only when its nether plumage has gone missing. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2022

An amateur photographer from Scotland has captured incredible pictures of two jaybirds fighting over food. — Fox News, 12 Aug. 2019

Haynes allegedly strolled off, naked as a jaybird, to his apartment. — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 2 Feb. 2018

The naked as a jaybird-to-jailbird guy allegedly 'fessed up to having been boozing it up. — Barbara Hijek, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 July 2017

No phone, no money, spokesmen or guards, just naked as jaybirds. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing jaybird

• naked as a jaybird

Rhymes for jaybird

• absurd
• averred
• bluebird
• byword
• catbird
• catchword
• concurred
• conferred
• cowbird
• cowherd
• crossword
• deferred