magpie

(Englisch)

Verb

1. (transitive) To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
2. (ambitransitive) To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
3. (intransitive) To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.

Noun

1. One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
3. (figuratively) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
4. (slang) A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
5. The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
6. (UK, obsolete, slang) A halfpenny.
7. (attributive) A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker, magpie”). Displaced native Old English agu, "magpie".

Konzepte

Elster

Harlekin

Kuchen

🥧

Obstkuchen

Pastete

Torte

Stachelbeer-Spanner

Stachelbeerspanner

Stachelbeer-Harlekin

Teigtasche

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Synonyme

pie

🥧

chatterbox

jay

jackdaw

pack rat

babbler

chatterer

prater

scavenger

spouter

black-billed magpie

common magpie

magpie moth

aggregator

currant moth

European magpie

gatherer

collector

blue jay

bird

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