See also: bird watching

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From bird +‎ watching.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/

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birdwatching (uncountable)

  1. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
    Synonym: birding
  2. (slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
    • 1957, Skyline, volumes 15-18, page 7:
      In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual.
  3. (slang) Girlwatching
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 225:
      By the spring of 1968, they were the secular-singing O'Kaysion, and they had recorded a leering lyric about ogling babes for the peewee Northstate label. Local DJs, appreciating that bird-watching was a popular pastime for their listeners, rode the number as if it had a satin saddle.
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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English birdwatching.

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birdwatching m

  1. birdwatching