Magpie - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmæɡpaɪ|
Brit.
|ˈmæɡpæɪ|
noun
- long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
- someone who collects things that have been discarded by others (syn: scavenger)
- an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker (syn: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, prater)
- someone who collects things that have been discarded by others (syn: scavenger)
- an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker (syn: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, prater)
Extra examples
...media magpies will no doubt seize upon the president's latest gaffe and blow it all out of proportion...
...a pack rat whose cramped apartment is filled with a magpie collection of books, old newspapers, and tchotchkes...
Word forms
noun
singular: magpie
plural: magpies
singular: magpie
plural: magpies
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