Buzzard
noun
A large bird of prey with broad wings and a rounded tail.
The buzzard swooped down to catch its prey.
Often appears as...
- buzzard perched
- buzzard soaring
noun
A person who is opportunistic and likes to take advantage of the misfortunes of others.
He was a buzzard, always ready to profit from other people's troubles.
Often appears as...
- acts like a buzzard
- behave like a buzzard
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A large bird of prey with broad wings and a rounded tail.
The buzzard swooped down to catch its prey.
Often appears as...
- buzzard perched
- buzzard soaring
noun
A person who is opportunistic and likes to take advantage of the misfortunes of others.
He was a buzzard, always ready to profit from other people's troubles.
Often appears as...
- acts like a buzzard
- behave like a buzzard
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
A buzzard is not any bird of prey, but specific species, like the European buzzard.
I spotted a buzzard, not a falcon, in the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Identification
Identify buzzards by their broad wings and rounded tail while flying.
That bird is a buzzard because of its distinctive wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavior
Buzzards are known for circling in the sky, searching for prey.
Look at the buzzard circling above the field.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
A buzzard is not any bird of prey, but specific species, like the European buzzard.
I spotted a buzzard, not a falcon, in the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Identification
Identify buzzards by their broad wings and rounded tail while flying.
That bird is a buzzard because of its distinctive wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavior
Buzzards are known for circling in the sky, searching for prey.
Look at the buzzard circling above the field.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
A buzzard is not any bird of prey, but specific species, like the European buzzard.
I spotted a buzzard, not a falcon, in the sky.
Pro Tip 2/3Identification
Identify buzzards by their broad wings and rounded tail while flying.
That bird is a buzzard because of its distinctive wings.
Pro Tip 3/3Behavior
Buzzards are known for circling in the sky, searching for prey.
Look at the buzzard circling above the field.
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Video examples
Life of an astronaut -...
and the computers all died. You can imagine what it must have been like for them inside because suddenly the lights all went out and then they came back on when the batteries picked up the load. And, every single warning light and caution light in the spacecraft was on and flashing, and all the necessary bells, whistles, and buzzards and things that are in there,
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For the love of birds PIPE...
when I was a small boy in high school, and there was this boy who struck, injuring the wing and the leg of a bird we called the augur buzzard. I was standing there, just a mere 14-year-old, and I imagined a human being in a similar situation, because this bird could not help itself.
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Bone Collector PIPE Ben...
months to get this one so this is my buzzards just so simple it took two weeks to clean the actual animal downs and from there it took just a week put the skeleton together very quick very simple and it's one of the nicest projects I've ever worked on
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
elephant I say it's not an exact science is a bit of guesswork you kind of have to look at everything so the indentation on the head as I say the length of the turf buzzards are shown you know there is a big difference between the ages
Video examples
Life of an astronaut -...
and the computers all died. You can imagine what it must have been like for them inside because suddenly the lights all went out and then they came back on when the batteries picked up the load. And, every single warning light and caution light in the spacecraft was on and flashing, and all the necessary bells, whistles, and buzzards and things that are in there,
Video examples
For the love of birds PIPE...
when I was a small boy in high school, and there was this boy who struck, injuring the wing and the leg of a bird we called the augur buzzard. I was standing there, just a mere 14-year-old, and I imagined a human being in a similar situation, because this bird could not help itself.
Video examples
Bone Collector PIPE Ben...
months to get this one so this is my buzzards just so simple it took two weeks to clean the actual animal downs and from there it took just a week put the skeleton together very quick very simple and it's one of the nicest projects I've ever worked on
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
elephant I say it's not an exact science is a bit of guesswork you kind of have to look at everything so the indentation on the head as I say the length of the turf buzzards are shown you know there is a big difference between the ages
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Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
Quote examples
Cy Young
American Athlete
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock.
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
Quote examples
Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
Quote examples
Cy Young
American Athlete
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid, and my granddad once killed a turkey buzzard on the fly with a rock.
Quote examples
Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
Example 1 of 3
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