Bird Dog Training

–noun

1.	any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, 3e8 scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.

2.	a fowl or game bird.

3.	Sports. a. clay pigeon. b. a shuttlecock.

4.	Slang. a person, esp. one having some peculiarity: He's a queer bird.

5.	Inf b63 ormal. an aircraft, spacecraft, or guided missile.

6.	Cookery. a thin piece of meat, poultry, or fish rolled around a stuffing and braised: veal birds.

7.	Southern U.S. (in hunting) a bobwhite.

8.	Chiefly British Slang. a girl or young woman.

9.	Archaic. the young of any fowl.

10.	the bird, Slang. a. disapproval, as of a performance, by hissing, booing, etc.: He got the bird when he came out on stage. b. scoffing or ridicule: He was trying to be serious, but we all gave him the bird. c. an obscene gesture of contempt made by raising the middle finger.

–verb (used without object)

11.	to catch or shoot birds.

12.	to bird-watch.

—Idioms

13.	a little bird, Informal. a secret source of information: A little bird told me that today is your birthday.

14.	bird in the hand, a thing possessed in fact as opposed to a thing about which one speculates: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Also, bird in hand.

15.	birds of a feather, people with interests, opinions, or backgrounds in common: Birds of a fea 37f ther flock together.

16.	eat like a bird, to eat sparingly: She couldn't understand why she failed to lose weight when she was, as she said, eating like a bird.

17.	for the birds, Slang. useless or worthless; not to be taken seriously: Their opinions on art are for the birds. That pep rally is for the birds.

18.	kill two birds with one stone, to achieve two aims with a single effort: She ki 1056 lled two birds with one stone by shopping and visiting the museum on the same trip.

19.	the birds and the bees, basic information about sex and reproduction: It was time to talk to the boy about the birds and the bees.

–noun

1.	a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.

2.	any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid.

3.	the male of such an animal.

4.	any of various animals resembling a dog.

5.	a despicable man or youth.

6.	Informal. a fellow in general: a lucky dog.

7.	dogs, Slang. feet.

8.	Slang. a. something worthless or of extremely poor quality: That used car you bought is a dog. b. an utter failure; flop: Critics say his new play is a dog.

9.	Slang ee2 . an ugly, boring, or crude person.

10.	Slang. hot dog.

11.	(initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Canis Major or Canis Minor.

12.	Machinery. a. any of various mechanical devices, as for gripping or holding something. b. a projection on a moving part for moving steadily or for tripping another part with which it engages.

13.	Also called gripper, nipper. Metalworking. a device on a drawbench for drawing the work through the die.

14.	a cramp binding together two timbers.

15.	an iron bar driven into a stone or timber to provide a means of lifting it.

16.	an andiron; firedog.

17.	Meteorology. a sundog or fogdog.

18.	a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter D.

–verb (used with object)

19.	to follow or track like a dog, esp. with hostile intent; hound.

20.	to drive or chase with a dog or dogs.

21.	Machinery. to fasten with dogs.

—Idioms

22.	dog it, Informal. a. to shirk one's responsibility; loaf on the job. b. to retreat, flee, renege, etc.: a sponsor who dogged it when needed most.

23.	go to the dogs, Informal. to deteriorate; degenerate morally or physically: This neighborhood is going to the dogs.

24.	lead a dog's life, to have an unhappy or harassed existence: He maintained that he led a dog's life in the army.

25.	let sleeping dogs lie, to refrain from action that would alter an existing situation for fear of causing greater problems or complexities.

26.	put on the dog, Informal. to assume an attitude of wealth or importance; put on airs.

–noun

1.	the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.

2.	the status or condition of a person who has been trained: athletes in top training.

–adjective

3.	of, pertaining to, or used in or for training: a training manual.

4.	intended for use during an introductory, learning, or transitional period: a training cup for weaning a baby; a training bra.