Canary - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kəˈnerɪ|
Brit.
|kəˈneərɪ|
noun
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police (syn: fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, stoolie)
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- any of several small Old World finches
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- any of several small Old World finches
adjective
- having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
Extra examples
...a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords...
Canary seed exhibits a sudden upward jump of several shillings.
Word forms
noun
singular: canary
plural: canaries
singular: canary
plural: canaries
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