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How to pronounce “bird”

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Pronunciation guide for bird

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bird with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Disney's TomorrowlandMister Brad Bird.
Definition summary: An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.

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Disney's Tomorrowland

Mister Brad Bird.

[Noun]
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
(Should we delete(+) this sense?) (cooking, slang) A chicken or turkey used as food.
(slang) A man, fellow. [from mid-19th c.]
(UK, Ireland, colloquial) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
(slang) An aircraft.
(slang) A satellite.
(UK, with definite article, chiefly in phrases) Booing and jeering, especially as done by an audience expressing displeasure at a performer.
(with definite article) The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
A yardbird.
(slang, US) A kilogram of cocaine.
(slang, Canada, Philippines) A penis.
(UK, slang) Jailtime; time in prison.
(informal) Snowbird (retiree who moves to a warmer climate).
[Verb]
(intransitive) To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment.
(intransitive) To catch or shoot birds; to hunt birds.
(intransitive, figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
(transitive, television) To transmit via satellite.
[Adjective]
(Canada, colloquial, of a school or university course) Able to be passed with very little work; having the nature of a bird course.