birdbrain

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/ (UK)
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ)d.bɹeɪn/ (UK) · /ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn/ (US)

Definition of birdbrain

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (colloquial)Someone who is not intelligent.
    “That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.”
    “Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...””

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Etymology

From bird + brain, implying that birds, having small brains, are unintelligent (although this is untrue for many birds).

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