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Meanings of birdbrain in English

A person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought.

Synonyms
Examples for "loon"
Examples for "loon"
1
Rather it used to be, before I went into the loon house.
Mister Slaughter
2
A loon, Abigail had said-thoughthere were no loons in these parts.
In the shadow of gotham
3
A loon cried out on the lake; moths battered the stoop light.
Bag of Bones
4
The loon forgot his love-sickness, and screamed raucous defiance at the moon.
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
5
Strange to say, a loon was once pulled up with the shad.
Nature's Serial Story
1
What do you take me for, an addle-head?
Savage
2
There's a passage in the book that would fit half these addle-headed rhymesters.
The Guardian Angel
3
I'm her clever uncle Tom; and you're her addle-headed aunt Julia.
No Name
4
What dullards, what fribbles, what addle-headed simple coxcombs!
Barry Lyndon
5
My boys have been addle-headed from infancy.
No Name
Usage of birdbrain in English
1
Clarkson was involved in a much publicised scuffle with a drunken birdbrain in Adelaide.
The Guardian
2
That birdbrain ex-wife of mine is a kidnapper.
Hard eight
3
A staggering 25 billion chickens are presently clucking, making them far and away the most populous birdbrain on the planet.
The Irish Times
4
If they don't, some of the players are bigger birdbrains than we thought.
The Guardian
5
True, a few birdbrains insisted on attaching the superfluous "No surrender" to England's national anthem.
The Guardian
6
It's not just a few birdbrains in an average Wembley crowd -there are dozens of them.
The Guardian
7
"I'm not going to have that birdbrain naming any kid of mine-"
Harvest Home
8
"But you come near me, and I'll twist your birdbrain head off."
Moonburn
9
Parrot Proves It's No Birdbrain Alex, an African grey parrot, sits on a perch next to a tray of multicolored blocks.
Wired
10
"And they call us birdbrains." Kynot was livid.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
11
"No, I'm talking to birdbrain here." Pugwash jabbed a sarcastic finger at the chair next to him.
Year Zero
Birdbrain through the time