Canary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small finch (Serinus canaria) native to the Canary Islands that is greenish to yellow and has long been bred as a cage bird.
  • n. Slang A woman singer.
  • n. Slang An informer; a stool pigeon.
  • n. A sweet white wine from the Canary Islands, similar to Madeira.
  • n. A light to moderate or vivid yellow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
  • n. Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
  • n. A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
  • n. A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
  • n. A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
  • n. Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
  • n. A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
  • n. An informer or snitch; a squealer.
  • n. A (usually yellow) capsule of Nembutal™ barbiturate.
  • n. A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
  • adj. Of a light yellow colour.
  • v. to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands.
  • adj. Of a pale yellowish color.
  • n. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.
  • n. A canary bird.
  • n. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
  • n. A quick and lively dance.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Wine made in the Canary islands.
  • n. A lively French and English dance, of disputed origin, similar to the jig: named from the Canary islands. Often written canaries.
  • n. A melody intended for such a dance, written in sextuple (or sometimes quadruple) rhythm.
  • n. A canary-bird (which see).
  • n. A sovereign (gold coin): so called from its color.
  • n. A kept mistress.
  • n. A word put by Shakspere in its singular arid plural forms into the mouth of Mrs. Quickly, in the explanation of which commentators differ. It is probably an intentional blunder for quandary.
  • Of the color of the domestic canary-bird; bright-yellow.
  • To dance; frolic; perform the old dance called a canary.
  • n. In Australia, a name of Clitonyx ochrocephala, a relative of the lyrebird.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  • n. a female singer
  • n. any of several small Old World finches
  • adj. having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
  • n. a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
  • Equivalent
    chromatic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    informer    betrayer    rat    blabber    squealer    vocaliser    vocalizer    singer    vocalist    yellowness   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sack    caper   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Carey    Carrie    Cary   
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    goldfinch    malmsey    sparrow    magpie    nightingale    robin    hamster    brownish