bird vs clout

bird

noun
  • The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended. 

  • A chicken or turkey used as food. 

  • A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. 

  • A kilogram of cocaine. 

  • A penis. 

  • An airplane. 

  • A girlfriend. 

  • A yardbird. 

  • A prison sentence. 

  • A satellite. 

  • A man, fellow. 

  • Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer. 

  • A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs. 

adj
  • Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course. 

verb
  • To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds. 

  • To transmit via satellite. 

  • To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment. 

  • To bring into prison, to roof. 

  • To seek for game or plunder; to thieve. 

clout

noun
  • A blow with the hand. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

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