Meanings
nounsnowbird (plural snowbirds)
plural snowbirds
- A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
- A migratory bird seen primarily in the winter time.
- A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
Synonyms: snowbirder
- slangSomeone who uses cocaine illicitly.
verbsnowbird (third-person singular simple present snowbirds, present participle snowbirding, simple past and past participle snowbirded)
present singular third person snowbirds · participle present snowbirding · participle past snowbirded · past snowbirded
- intransitiveTo travel from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; to overwinter elsewhere.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
Similar
snowbirder
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Origin
Translations
Catalan jonc fosc
- jonc foscdark-eyed junco
Chinese Mandarin 候鳥 /候鸟
- 候鳥 /候鸟 (hòuniǎo)a person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere
Czech strnadec zimní
- strnadec zimnídark-eyed junco
Danish mørkøjet junco
- mørkøjet juncodark-eyed junco
Dutch grijze junco
- grijze juncodark-eyed junco
Finnish tummajunkko
- tummajunkkodark-eyed junco
French junco ardoisé, hivernant
- junco ardoisédark-eyed junco
- hivernanta person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere
German Winterammer, Junko
- Winterammerdark-eyed junco
- Junkodark-eyed junco
Hungarian téli sármánypinty
- téli sármánypintydark-eyed junco
Italian junco occhiscuri
- junco occhiscuridark-eyed junco
Norwegian vinterjunko
- vinterjunkodark-eyed junco
Polish junko zwyczajny, osoba udająca się na zimę na południe
- junko zwyczajnydark-eyed junco
- osoba udająca się na zimę na południea person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere
Spanish junco pizarroso, junco ojioscuro
- junco pizarrosodark-eyed junco
- junco ojioscurodark-eyed junco
- veraneantea person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere
Swedish mörkögd junco
- mörkögd juncodark-eyed junco
Turkish kara gözlü junko
- kara gözlü junkodark-eyed junco
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APA
snowbird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbird
MLA
“snowbird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbird. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snowbird,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowbird.
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