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bird-dogs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bird-dog
as in chases
to go after or on the track of suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife

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bird dogs

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noun

plural of bird dog
as in sled dogs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bird-dogs
  1. chases
  2. hunters
  3. tracks
  4. pursues
  5. follows
  6. escorts
  7. dogs
  8. courses
Verb
  • Now Stahlman chases ducks all over the country and spends his winter guiding in Oklahoma through Legends Waterfowl.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In the video, Hilton’s 3-year-old son Phoenix can be seen giggling as the puppy playfully chases him around the room while 2-year-old sister London looks on.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of chases
Noun
  • The first body was found by hunters in February 1994, followed by at least five more bodies over the next three years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Bow seasons are in full swing in most states, and rifle and blackpowder hunters can pursue elk in special draw units and in some wilderness areas.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunters
Verb
  • The product tracks sleep patterns and measures users’ quality of rest.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • About 250 flights were delayed at the airport late afternoon Sunday, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of tracks
Verb
  • Still, a weekend led by Winfrey may be another strategy the venue pursues, thinking beyond the films and concerts to larger experiential fare.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • This production follows a charismatic anti-hero who pursues pleasure without remorse, leaving a trail of broken hearts and vengeance.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of pursues
Verb
  • The trip by the Americans follows a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as both sides have escalated their aerial attacks.
    — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Niepołomice project follows a $100 million investment announced by Pratt & Whitney in April to expand its operations in Rzeszów, Poland.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Elsewhere, La’an escorts the one person who can save Spock via a cloned heart transplant, Sybok, Spock’s half-brother (though by all appearances his twin since he’s played by Ethan Peck).
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Once the animal gets close to the staffers, one of the employees carefully picks up the fox and escorts it out of the water and away from the ride.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of escorts
Verb
  • This spring, Anthropic let the robot dogs out again, but this time, an improved Claude worked alone.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is a genital cancer that dogs pass to one another during mating.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of dogs
Verb
  • What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of courses
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“Bird-dogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bird-dogs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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