noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A budgerigar. informal

   "She keeps a ton of budgies in her home."

2. 2
   small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

budgereegahbudgerigarbudgerigarbudgerygahgrass parakeetlovebird

Example

More examples

"My budgie keeps squawking at me. I don't know what she wants, but it seems important."

Etymology

From a clipping of budgerigar + -ie.

Related phrases

budgie smugglerbudgie smugglersdunny budgie

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