magpie

IPA: mˈægpaɪ

One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
(figurative) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
(slang) A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
(military, firearms) The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
(soccer) someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
(soccer) someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
(Australian rules football) someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
(rugby league) someone connected, or formerly connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach etc.

(transitive) To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
(transitive, intransitive) To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
(intransitive) To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.

Examples of "magpie" in Sentences

Another magpie did the same thing.
The Magpie will eat any animal food.
They are commonly known as magpie jays.
There must be lots of magpie references.
Most people refer to it simply as Magpie.
Jefferson kept a caged magpie in the room.
Synurbanization of the magpie in the Palearctic.
Magpie, are taken on a nature trip for an excursion.
Batman is on the trail of the criminal known as Magpie.
GRANT: The magpie is quiet, so Jess Relton asks a favor.
The magpie was retained with the club name moving to the top of the badge.
She opted to automatically add the tag magpie to identify tweets from advertisers.
A magpie is a very talkative and intelligent bird, which is even capable of imitating sounds.
I've started a new Margaret Pie aka magpie as per my take on her from the Charles de lint book Some place to be flying.
Rose realized that the woman's name was probably ironic; a magpie was a garrulous bird, but this one spoke only briefly.
Storm teased her over what he termed her magpie mind, which picked up snippets of information to store for future airing.
And I've written now five new life poems, and I'm going to read you one of what I call magpie translations, because the magpie is a thief, and I'm appropriating Joseph Brodsky's imagery, but making it my own.
Some people are having a hard time dealing with its intimations of bad luck; the magpie is oblivious, its wings fully flung as if about to leap into flight, its beak dark and glittery, unaware it’s an omen of any kind.