Antonyms for bird dog

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : burd-dawg, -dog

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜrdˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for bird dog

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