magpie
nounEtymology
From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (“magpie”), from Middle English pie, pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker, magpie”). Displaced native Old English agu (“magpie”) and Middle English aguster (“magpie”), whence English haggister.
Definitions
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
- Not only is Mr. Booker a voracious magpie (who does not always acknowledge the sources of his ideas), but he also turns out to be an annoyingly biased and didactic one.
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A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
In the sport of fullbore target rifle, the third circle on a target, between the inner…
In the sport of fullbore target rifle, the third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
A halfpenny.
A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.
- Kitty and I were engaged. The next day I met those accursed “magpie” Jhampanies at the back of Jakko, and, moved by some passing sentiment of pity, stopped to tell Mrs. Wessington everything.
- The worst part of my experience in this magpie livery was yet to come, for I was to appear in it the next day at church.
To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
- The little rail-enclosed plots that lay between the pavements and the hotels were magpied with torn paper […]
- […] she stood at the window and saw the lake blue with spring and a few patches of snow that magpied the hills.
- […] they looked down upon Highmost Redmanhey, timber and plaster magpied by the moon, and a lamp in the window of the room where Susan lay.
To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
- “I had to borrow those photographs Aunt Nettie was storing in her closet.” “Isn’t that interesting?” May said. “I have to say, I never did understand why Mrs. Hatch asked me to magpie them out of the library.”
- I have magpied from here and there, borrowing influences from Morocco, Greece, Italy and my notebooks to end up with a handful of easy little dishes that complement each other.
To talk idly
To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.
- He knew how people were magpieing with their malicious chatter that she had committed the cardinal sin of believing love was permanent […]
Someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Someone connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
A town in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
The neighborhood
Derived
Australian magpie Cracticus tibicen, Gymnorhina tibicen, azure-winged magpie, bell-magpie, black-billed magpie, black magpie, blue magpie, Eurasian magpie, green magpie, holarctic magpie, Iberian magpie, Korean magpie, Magpie Festival, magpie goose, magpie inkcap, magpieish, magpie-jay, magpie-lark, magpielike, magpie moth, magpie-robin, magpie shrike, magpie tanager, Murray magpie, oriental magpie, sea-magpie, yellow-billed magpie
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for magpie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA