Blackbird
noun
A type of bird that is completely black or dark, known for its beautiful and melodious song.
I saw a blackbird sitting on a tree branch.
Often appears as...
- blackbird singing
- blackbird in the garden
noun
An American football play in which the ball is quickly passed to a player (called an 'eligible receiver') who is outside of the tackle box.
The team successfully executed a blackbird, resulting in a touchdown.
Often appears as...
- execute a blackbird
- blackbird play
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To kidnap people to work as servants or laborers, this is considered very negative and was a common practice during colonial times.
During colonial times, traffickers would blackbird innocent people to work as slaves.
Often appears as...
- blackbird innocent people
- blackbirding occurred
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A type of bird that is completely black or dark, known for its beautiful and melodious song.
I saw a blackbird sitting on a tree branch.
Often appears as...
- blackbird singing
- blackbird in the garden
noun
An American football play in which the ball is quickly passed to a player (called an 'eligible receiver') who is outside of the tackle box.
The team successfully executed a blackbird, resulting in a touchdown.
Often appears as...
- execute a blackbird
- blackbird play
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To kidnap people to work as servants or laborers, this is considered very negative and was a common practice during colonial times.
During colonial times, traffickers would blackbird innocent people to work as slaves.
Often appears as...
- blackbird innocent people
- blackbirding occurred
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Blackbird refers to specific bird species but can be used for any similar-looking bird.
That blackbird resembles a crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sightings
Blackbirds are commonly seen in gardens, adding a natural context to the term.
A blackbird often visits our backyard.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
In literature, a blackbird can symbolize mystery or the unknown due to its color.
The blackbird in the poem represents secrecy.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Blackbird refers to specific bird species but can be used for any similar-looking bird.
That blackbird resembles a crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sightings
Blackbirds are commonly seen in gardens, adding a natural context to the term.
A blackbird often visits our backyard.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
In literature, a blackbird can symbolize mystery or the unknown due to its color.
The blackbird in the poem represents secrecy.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Blackbird refers to specific bird species but can be used for any similar-looking bird.
That blackbird resembles a crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sightings
Blackbirds are commonly seen in gardens, adding a natural context to the term.
A blackbird often visits our backyard.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Meaning
In literature, a blackbird can symbolize mystery or the unknown due to its color.
The blackbird in the poem represents secrecy.
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The Wonders of Urban...
wants to do in black and white neighborhoods she'll need what she calls caring protocols do i have to worry about physical safety against another person whether it's assault whether it's a misunderstanding even before a white woman threatened to call the police on blackbird watcher
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Can Nature Make Us...
we know that spending time in the natural world is a rich multi-sensory experience and in recent years we started to pay more attention to how the sounds of nature might be therapeutic listening to songbirds so things like blackbird robin wren here in the uk could be really
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Why art thrives at...
to a fairytale home inside a giant boot complete with shelves full of artist-made books, a blackbird pie in the oven and a climbable beanstalk.
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The Wonders of Urban...
wants to do in black and white neighborhoods she'll need what she calls caring protocols do i have to worry about physical safety against another person whether it's assault whether it's a misunderstanding even before a white woman threatened to call the police on blackbird watcher
Video examples
Can Nature Make Us...
we know that spending time in the natural world is a rich multi-sensory experience and in recent years we started to pay more attention to how the sounds of nature might be therapeutic listening to songbirds so things like blackbird robin wren here in the uk could be really
Video examples
Why art thrives at...
to a fairytale home inside a giant boot complete with shelves full of artist-made books, a blackbird pie in the oven and a climbable beanstalk.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
I was lucky enough to be surrounded by all sorts of animals from a very young age. My sister Jo was much more into the domestic animals - horses and things. I was absolutely fixated on the blackbirds, and the grass snakes in the manure heap and everything that surrounded us.
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Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
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Wallace Stevens
American Poet
I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Quote examples
Steve Backshall
I was lucky enough to be surrounded by all sorts of animals from a very young age. My sister Jo was much more into the domestic animals - horses and things. I was absolutely fixated on the blackbirds, and the grass snakes in the manure heap and everything that surrounded us.
Quote examples
Wilbur Smith
Novelist
I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
Quote examples
Wallace Stevens
American Poet
I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling, Or just after.
Quote examples
Joseph Addison
English Writer
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
Example 1 of 4
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