Magpie

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
2. isim A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
3. isim Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.

   “Not only is Mr. Booker a voracious magpie (who does not always acknowledge the sources of his ideas), but he also turns out to be an annoyingly biased and didactic one.”

4. isim A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
5. isim In the sport of fullbore target rifle, the third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
6. isim A halfpenny.
7. isim A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.

   “Kitty and I were engaged. The next day I met those accursed “magpie” Jhampanies at the back of Jakko, and, moved by some passing sentiment of pity, stopped to tell Mrs. Wessington everything.”

8. fiil To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.

   “The little rail-enclosed plots that lay between the pavements and the hotels were magpied with torn paper […]”

9. fiil To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.

   ““I had to borrow those photographs Aunt Nettie was storing in her closet.” “Isn’t that interesting?” May said. “I have to say, I never did understand why Mrs. Hatch asked me to magpie them out of the library.””

10. fiil To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.

    “He knew how people were magpieing with their malicious chatter that she had committed the cardinal sin of believing love was permanent […]”

11. isim Someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
12. isim Someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
13. isim Someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
14. isim Someone connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
15. isim A town in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.