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yardbird.

A chicken.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɑːd.bəːd/UK/ˈjɑɹd.bɝd/US
  1. A chicken.

    US · slang
  2. A person who is imprisoned.

    US · slang
  3. A soldier who is required to perform menial work on the grounds of a military base.

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

From yard + bird. Attested since 1956 in the sense of ‘convict,’ derived from the idea of prison yards. During World War II, it meant ‘basic trainee’ among the armed forces.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.