That birdbrain just drove right through three rows of traffic cones and into the bushes.
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Birdbrain
//ˈbɚd.bɹeɪn//
Synonyms for "birdbrain" (90 found)
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14 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- cap de pardals noun (someone who is not intelligent)
- capsigrany noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Finnish
1 entries- kananaivo noun (someone who is not intelligent)
French
1 entries- étourneau noun (someone who is not intelligent)
German
1 entries- Spatzenhirn noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Korean
2 entries- 닭대가리 noun (someone who is not intelligent)
- 새대가리 noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Polish
2 entries- kurzy móżdżek noun (someone who is not intelligent)
- ptasi móżdżek noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Portuguese
1 entries- cérebro de passarinho noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Russian
1 entries- кури́ные мозги́ noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Spanish
2 entries- casquivano noun (someone who is not intelligent)
- mente de pollo noun (someone who is not intelligent)
Swedish
1 entries- hönshjärna noun (someone who is not intelligent)
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Comedienne Carol Channing, 29, admitted that a grave personal problem had grown out of her playing the role of birdbrained Lorelei Lee in Broadway’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. People seemed to be convinced that she is a birdbrain offstage, too: “I won't say that people actually think I’m just two steps removed from outright idiocy, but they do seem to have adopted a protective attitude towards me...”
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