budgie

«budgie» in Mova's school dictionary: A small, bright green, blue or yellow parrot that people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a budgie, budgies)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small, bright green, blue or yellow parrot that people often keep as a pet in a cage; its full name is budgerigar. tree →

2) In Australia, a wild budgerigar that lives in big flocks in the dry inland. tree →

sense in the lessons

A common family pet in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; in the USA it is often called a parakeet. In lessons about pets and animals it shows how to care for a bird: clean water, seeds, a clean cage, toys and company. Wild budgies come from Australia. Phrases: «a pet budgie», «budgie cage».

examples

• We have a blue budgie called Pip. tree →
• Our budgie chirps when we come into the room. tree →
• Budgies like to look at themselves in a little mirror. tree →
• Change the budgie's water every day. tree →
• Wild budgies fly in huge green flocks in Australia. tree →
• Grandma taught her budgie to say «hello». tree →
• Keep the window shut when the budgie is out of its cage. tree →

note

Short for «budgerigar». In American English the same bird is usually called a «parakeet». Plural: budgies. Budgies are happier in pairs because they are social birds.

In the corpora

• A pet budgie is a flock bird living in a house.
• Budgies are very chatty birds that chatter and whistle a lot, and some pet budgies have learnt to say hundreds of words.
• All wild budgies are green and yellow; the blue, white and other colours were bred in pet budgies.
• Head-bobbing usually means a budgie is excited or showing off, and it can also be a sign that it wants food.
• Budgies are flock birds that need a friend, a big cage and time to fly in a safe room.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «budgie» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.