get the bird

verb

To be hissed, booed, jeered or otherwise derided at a public performance

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Meanings

verbget the bird (third-person singular simple present gets the bird, present participle getting the bird, simple past got the bird, past participle (UK) got the bird or (US) gotten the bird)

present singular third person gets the bird · participle present getting the bird · past got the bird · UK participle past got the bird · US participle past gotten the bird

  1. To be hissed, booed, jeered or otherwise derided at a public performance
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APA

get the bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bird

MLA

“get the bird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bird. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get the bird,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20the%20bird.

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