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Synonyms for bird dog
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : burd-dawg, -dog |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜrdˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg |
Top 10 synonyms for bird dog Other synonyms for the word bird dog
- accompany
- agent
- alarm clock
- analyst
- angel
- apprehend
- attend
- auxiliary
- baby sitter
- baby-sitter
- babysitter
- badger
- bait
- be after
- be at
- be hot on the trail
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- beau
- bird dog
- bird-dog
- bloodhound
- bob for
- bring to light
- bug
- bull
- camp on the doorstep of
- capture
- cast about
- catch
- cavalier
- cerberus
- champion
- chaperon
- chaperone
- charge
- chase
- chivy
- comb
- companion
- company
- conservator
- consort
- constable
- convoyer
- cop
- cortege
- course
- cover
- curator
- curdle
- date
- defender
- delve
- delve for
- dick
- dig for
- dig up
- discover
- do
- dog
- dog footsteps of
- domestic
- dragnet
- draw an inference
- drive away
- eavesdropper
- entourage
- escort
- expel
- explore
- expose
- eye
- fan
- fed
- fellow
- ferret out
- find
- fink
- fish
- fish for
- flatfoot
- follow
- follower
- friend
- gallant
- give chase
- go after
- goad
- grouse
- guard
- guide
- gumshoe
- gun
- gun for
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- haunt
- hawk
- heckle
- hector
- heel
- helper
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- informer
- inquire
- investigate
- keeper
- kill
- lackey
- leave no stone unturned
- look about
- look around
- look for
- look high and low
- mouse
- move behind
- nark
- nose
- nose around
- nurse
- oppress
- orderly
- overseer
- P. I.
- P.I.
- paladin
- partner
- patrol
- peeper
- persecute
- persevere
- persist
- pester
- piece together
- plague
- plainclothes officer
- play catch up
- poach
- poke around
- police officer
- preserver
- press
- private eye
- private investigator
- prod
- prosecutor
- protector
- provoke
- prowl
- prowl after
- pursue
- put together
- quest
- rag
- rag on
- ransack
- reporter
- retinue
- ride
- root
- roper
- run
- run after
- run down
- rush
- safeguard
- scent
- scout
- scout out
- scratch
- scratch around
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- secretary
- seek
- sentinel
- sergeant
- servant
- shadow
- shag
- shamus
- shepherd
- Sherlock Holmes
- shoofly
- shoot
- sitter
- sleuth
- slewfoot
- smell out
- snare
- sniff out
- snoop
- speed
- sponsor
- spy
- squire
- stalk
- start
- stick to
- superintendent
- supervisor
- tag
- tail
- take off after
- take out after
- tear
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
- train
- travel
- traverse
- trustee
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- understudy
- unearth
- usher
- vigilante
- waitperson
- warden
- watch
- watchdog
- yap at
Définition of bird dog
- As in attendant : noun person who serves others
- As in private eye : noun private detective
- As in chaperon : noun person who accompanies for supervision
- As in detective : noun investigator of crime
- As in escort : noun protection; accompaniment
- As in guardian : noun keeper, protector
- As in pursue : verb chase, follow
- As in seek : verb look for
- As in track/track down : verb follow, pursue
- As in bird-dog : verb follow
- As in chase : verb run after, pursue
- As in hound : verb chase, badger
- As in hunt : verb chase for killing
- It's a real sport in which all the powers of a bird dog are brought into play.
- Extract from : « The Dogs of Boytown » by Walter A. Dyer
- I've given him every chance and I find he's hopeless as a bird dog.
- Extract from : « The Dogs of Boytown » by Walter A. Dyer
- It's detrimental to allow a bird dog to roam and go self-hunting.
- Extract from : « Hunting Dogs » by Oliver Hartley
- If you confess the importance of race and pedigree in a race horse and a bird dog how dare you deny it in a man?
- Extract from : « The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays » by Ambrose Bierce
- A bird dog belonging to a man in Mulvane disappeared last week.
- Extract from : « Toaster's Handbook » by Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers
- Now the doctor or bird dog, can find quails of reason in but one field that would lead him to the cause.
- Extract from : « Philosophy of Osteopathy » by Andrew T. Still
- You never can tell what kind of a bird dog a setter will make till you've tried him out.
- Extract from : « The Dogs of Boytown » by Walter A. Dyer
- He had reached a spot where for a few weeks every winter the bird dog is undisputed king.
- Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
- Never, declared Tom, could a dog smell birds so far; never did bird dog have a nose that told him so exactly where they were.
- Extract from : « Frank of Freedom Hill » by Samuel A. Derieux
- In all this preparatory excitement Major Darcy was, as his wife put it, "busy as a bird dog."
- Extract from : « Why Joan? » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Antonyms for bird dog
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