Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To follow a subject of interest, such as a person or trend, with persistent attention.
- v. To observe or follow closely; monitor: Police bird-dogged the suspect's movements.
- v. To seek out (talent or clients, for example): bird-dogs recruits for the team.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A dog used by sportsmen in the field in hunting game-birds.
Wiktionary
Examples
“Bryce Harper's college coach may become a bird-dog scout for the Nationals, Jon Heyman writes.”
“That Dog can see, hear, smell more deer than l0 people can and never barks, kinda whins a tad when he really sees the deer, but stands still like a bird-dog.”
“This environment of secrecy is compounded by the general lack of information about matters atomic, except if someone has the time and resources to file Freedom of Information requests and generally have the skill sets and patience of a top-notch bird-dog private investigator.”
Georgia Power's Appeal for Front-loaded Funding of Its New Nuke Plant
“With that out of the way, we look forward to the Dog Days of August, when the Blue Dogs are feeling pretty doggone good about themselves, for their doggéd efforts to bird-dog healthcare legislation in the whole dogfight with their own party's leader and "top dog," Barack Obama.”
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses
“My idea is to give subpoena power to the panel Congress already established to bird-dog the bailout program.”
“Among that chorus: the proverbial entourage, the moochers, sycophants and predators who bird-dog sports stars.”
“In this video, Robert spills the beans about his plans to bird-dog the Fox TV team that had come to NCMR to make trouble.”
Qik Takes From the Road: Hamsher, Crawford, Greenwald, Zandt, Newmark and Steinberg
“Bass will get right in with a packof stripers to bird-dog a baitfish school and drive it to the surface," says Dallas.”
“But sometimes there were wonderful days when somebody brought by a young bird-dog pup, and a spark would leap in her tired eyes.”
Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Dogs
“The Martin Mars "bird-dog" or lead aircraft is scouting the path of the huge tankers this morning.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bird-dog’.
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metaphoric references to dogs
As an ongoing part of my project, Dogs in Metaphor and Idiom, Illustrated, (www.metaphordogs.org) I am continually adding terms. If you know a term that fi...
dog, alpha male, at bay, bark, bird dog, bitch, bitchin, bloodhound, bulldog, canaille, canines, cerberus and 131 more...
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Animal Identity Crisis
Creatures that are described in terms of other animals. Usual rules apply: look at the entries and you'll get the hang of it :-) I could say 'no madeupicals' but, jeeperz, I'd have to put myself on...
squirrel fish, birddog, whale shark, leopard seal, rhinoceros beetle, parrotfish, lion tamarin, bumblebee bat, cow sharks, tiger moth, dogfish, smoothhound shark and 140 more...
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What follows
follow up, track, pursue, tail, keep abreast, chase after, stick with, tagalong, stick to, trail, camp follower, dog and 66 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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Noah's Park
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sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...
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beastly verbs
someone must already have this list?
squirrel away, worm it out of so..., pony up, fish for compliments, weasel out, badger, outfox, horse around, hound, cow, chicken out, goose and 99 more...
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today's word
copemate, quiddity, ere, maugre, argal, cultivar, exurb, spokesmodel, rollick, logy, cadastral, corpulent and 259 more...
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rushdie names
character names in books by the one and only salman rushdie.
grimus, bird-dog, vina, apsara, saleem, sinai, mary, musa, cyrus, amina, mumtaz, padma and 26 more...
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