budgie
pronunciation
How to pronounce budgie in British English:
UK [ˈbʌdʒi]
How to pronounce budgie in American English:
US [ˈbʌdʒi]
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- Noun:
- small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
Word Origin
- budgie (n.)
- 1936, short for budgerigar.
Example
- 1. Budgie parents listening for babies cries - funny .
- 2. Somebody 's all fired up on budgie food .
- 3. Paddy shakes his head , " this budgie jumping is too dangerous ! "
- 4. How to fish a budgie ?
- 5. Ten years ago she passed on and I was vegetating a bit at home in queensland , so I set off around australia in my car - I packed the budgie in there too .