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English
Verb
have a bird (third-person singular simple present has a bird, present participle having a bird, simple past and past participle had a bird)
- (slang) To freak out; to be shocked or upset.
- 1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- Didn't do anything great except saw "The Beatles" on The Ed Sullivan Show and Kathy practically had a bird.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, bird.
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