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biddy

biddy

1 9.6
A grown hen kept for eggs
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪdi/
  • Informal
translation icon : gallina
  • In the henhouse, the biddies pecked at the scattered grains on the floor.

Examples

  • The children watched as the biddies wandered around the yard, clucking softly.

  • The farmer raised a flock of biddies to sell at the market.

  • We'll be a couple of fat biddies in no time.

    Behind the Candelabra (2013)

  • Just look at those fat, lazy biddies.

    Lady and the Tramp (1955)

  • "Those biddies must be squawking," she said to herself.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

hen
vsbiddy
62 1.0

An adult female chicken kept for laying eggs

is informal and rural in tone rather than neutral standard language

Idioms

to call someone a biddy
  • Slur
9.9

Say that an older woman is foolish or annoying in a mean way

Compounds

old biddy
  • Slur
6 9.9

An unpleasant older woman who is fussy and nosy

Surface Forms

biddy singular
biddies plural

Etymology

Biddy comes from an old form of bird with a small -y ending, so it once meant a 'small bird' and was used for hens. That's why biddy can mean an adult hen.