Look up: Popinjay


  1. Popinjay
    [sport] Also called "Pole Archery" Popinjay or Popingo (signifying a painted bird) is a shooting sport that can be performed with either rifles or archery equipment. The rifle form is a popular diversion in Denmark; a Scottish variant is also known. The archery form is popular in Belgium and...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popinjay_(sport)

  2. popinjay
    [n] - a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) 2. [n] - archaic
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  3. Popinjay
    Pop'in·jay noun [ Middle English popingay , papejay , Old French papegai , papegaut ; confer Pr. papagai , Spanish & Portuguese papagayo , Italian pappagallo , LGr. ..., NGr. ...; in which the first sy...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/128

  4. popinjay
    1. <zoology> The green woodpecker. A parrot. 'The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.' (Tyndale) ... 2. A target in the form of a parrot. ... 3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. 'To be so pestered with a popinjay.' ... Origin: OE. Popingay, papejay, OF. Papegai, papegaut; cf. Pr....
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  5. popinjay
    noun archaic
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  6. popinjay
    noun a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
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  7. Popinjay
    • (n.) A target in the form of a parrot. • (n.) A parrot. • (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. • (n.) The green woodpecker.
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  8. popinjay
    1. a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
    2. archaic

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  9. Popinjay
    The popinjay was originally a parrot, and then a mark like a parrot, which was put on a pole to be shot at by archers as a test of skill.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FP.HTM

  10. popinjay
    1) 'any time you're around, just ..., ...' 2) Egoist 3) Egotist 4) Fop 5) Swellhead
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/popinjay/1

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