buzzard meaning

Pronunciation:   "buzzard" in a sentence
Noun: buzzard  búzurd
  1. [N. Amer] A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
    - turkey buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura 
  2. The common European short-winged hawk
    - Buteo buteo

Derived forms: buzzards

Type of: cathartid, hawk, New World vulture

Part of: Buteo, Cathartes, genus Buteo, genus Cathartes

Encyclopedia: Buzzard


[American slang]
n. an old man; a mean old man. (Especially with old.)
• Who's the buzzard in the wing-tip shoes?
• Some old buzzard is at the door asking for Mary Wilson.

Examples

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  1. oh, man ! we thought you were buzzard food
  2. ?a buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air?
  3. the buzzard would have gotten fat on us all right
  4. you want to run away, them buzzards will pick you clean
  5. and leave him to the ants and the buzzards

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