Magpie

Noun

 * 1) One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
 * 2) A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen.
 * 3) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
 * 4)  Fan or member of Newcastle United FC.

Synonyms

 * maggie, pie

Verbs for Magpie
molest—; persecute—; tame—; —amuses; chatters; —cheeps; —scolds; —shies; — steals; —talks; —thieves.

Thesaurus
Audubon warbler, Canada goose, English sparrow, accumulator, adjutant bird, agreeable rattle, albatross, all sorts, argala, assemblage, assortment, auk, auklet, avocet, babbler, bald eagle, baldpate, bank swallow, barbet, barn owl, barn swallow, barnacle goose, big talker, bill collector, bittern, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blackbird, blackcap, blatherer, blue jay, booby, broad spectrum, bullfinch, bunting, bush wren, bushtit, butcher bird, buzzard, canary, canvasback, capercaillie, caracara, cardinal, cassowary, catbird, cattle egret, chaffinch, chat, chatterbox, chatterer, chewink, chickadee, chicken hawk, chimney swift, chipping sparrow, cliff swallow, cockatiel, cockatoo, collection agent, collector, condor, conglomeration, connoisseur, coot, cormorant, cowbird, crake, crane, creeper, crossbill, crow, cuckoo, curlew, cushat, dipper, dodo, douanier, dove, duck, dunlin, dunner, eagle, egret, eider duck, emu, erne, exciseman, falcon, farmer, finch, flamingo, flicker, flycatcher, frigate bird, fulmar, gabber, gabbler, gallimaufry, gannet, garganey, gasbag, gatherer, gibble-gabbler, goldeneye, goldfinch, goose, great talker, greylag goose, grosbeak, grouse, guillemot, guinea fowl, gull, gyrfalcon, harrier, hash, hawk, hawk owl, hermit thrush, heron, hobby, hodgepodge, honker, hoopoe, hoot owl, horned owl, hot-air artist, hotchpot, hotchpotch, house finch, house martin, hummingbird, ibis, idle chatterer, indigo bunting, jabberer, jackdaw, jay, jumble, junco, jungle fowl, kea, kestrel, killdee, killdeer, kingbird, kingfisher, kinglet, kite, kittiwake, kiwi, kookaburra, lammergeier, lapwing, lark, laughing jackass, linnet, loon, macaw, mallard, marabou, martin, mash, mavis, medley, melange, merganser, merl, mess, mew, mingle-mangle, miscellany, miser, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mockingbird, moulin a paroles, mud hen, murre, mute swan, myna, myna bird, night-heron, nighthawk, nightingale, nightjar, nutcracker, nuthatch, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, oriole, ortolan, osprey, ostrich, ouzel, owl, oyster catcher, pack rat, parakeet, parrot, partridge, passenger pigeon, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, patterer, peafowl, peewee, pelican, penguin, petrel, phalarope, pheasant, phoebe, pigeon, plover, potpourri, prater, prattler, ptarmigan, puffin, rail, rattle, raven, razorbill, red grouse, redbird, redhead, redpoll, redshank, redstart, redwing, rhea, ring ouzel, ringdove, ringtail, robin, rook, ruddy duck, salad, salmagundi, sapsucker, sauce, scarlet tanager, scaup duck, scramble, screech owl, sea duck, sea eagle, sea gull, sea mew, sea swallow, secretary bird, sheldrake, shoebill, shoebird, shrike, siskin, snipe, snow bunting, snowbird, solan goose, song sparrow, song thrush, songbird, sparrow, sparrow hawk, spoonbill, sprig, starling, stew, stilt, stork, storm petrel, stormy petrel, swallow, swan, swan goose, swift, tanager, tax collector, teal, teal duck, tern, thrasher, thrush, tit, toucan, towhee, tragopan, tree swallow, trumpeter, turkey, turnstone, turtledove, veery, vulture, warbler, waxwing, weaver, weaverbird, what you will, whippoorwill, whistler, widgeon, wild duck, willet, windbag, windjammer, wood duck, wood owl, wood pigeon, woodcock, woodpecker, word-slinger, wren, wryneck, yellowbird, yellowhammer, yellowlegs, yellowthroat, zebra finch

Etymology
From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, and pie, an archaic word meaning "magpie".

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"m{g%paI/}}

Translations

 * Albanian: laraskë
 * Arabic: عقعق
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: pega
 * Basque: mika, pika
 * Belarusian: сарока (saróka)
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: pig
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: garsa
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:,  ,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: cheche
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: καρακάξα (karakáksa), κίσσα (kisa)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:,  ,
 * Irish: snag breac, meaig
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: gacia


 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: žagata
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German:, , , ,
 * Lower Sorbian: sroka
 * Macedonian: страчка
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan: agaça
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: kakarachi, kakarachka
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch:
 * Russian:
 * Sami: skire
 * Sardinian: piga, malabiga, mariabiga, marabiga
 * Scottish: athaid
 * Serbian:
 * Sicilian: craccarazza
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, picaza
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: kw’àyána
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Volapük: piak,  hipiak,  jipiak,  piakül,  hipiakül,  jipiakül,  skadit
 * Welsh: pioden
 * West Frisian: ekster


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 黑背鍾鵲
 * Dutch: zwartrugfluitvogel
 * Gamilaraay:, ,


 * Guugu Yimidhirr: gurradhuwaar
 * Japanese: カササギフエガラス
 * Wiradhuri: ,
 * Yindjibarndi: