Crossword clues for budgie
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lovebird \lovebird\ n. A small Australian parakeet ( Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; also called the budgie.
Syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, budgie, grass parakeet, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus.
2. small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates.
budgie \budg"ie\ n. small Australian parakeet ( Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
Syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1936, short for budgerigar.
Wiktionary
n. (context informal English) A budgerigar.
WordNet
n. small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors [syn: budgerigar, budgereegah, budgerygah, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus]
Wikipedia
Budgie is the debut album of British hard rock band Budgie. It was released in June 1971 through MCA Records. The US version on Kapp Records includes "Crash Course in Brain Surgery", originally released as a single and covered by Metallica on their 1987 EP The $5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-Revisited. "Homicidal Suicidal" has also been covered by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden. Canadian band Thrush Hermit covered "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman" on the album All Technology Aside, included on the 2010 "The Complete Recordings Box Set".
- Budgerigar, a small parakeet native to Australia
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Budgie (band), a rock band
- Budgie (album), the self-titled debut album of the above band
- Budgie (TV series), a 1971 British TV drama starring Adam Faith
- Budgie (musician), the pseudonym of Peter Edward Clarke, drummer of Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Creatures
- Budgie Toys, a line of diecast toys, mainly miniature cars and trucks made in England
- Budgie the Little Helicopter, a children's cartoon series by Sarah, Duchess of York
- "Budgie" is a slang term for a helicopter
- "Budgies" is a pejorative reference to "The Canaries", the nickname of Norwich City F.C.
Budgie are a Welsh hard rock band from Cardiff. They are described by author Garry Sharpe-Young as one of the earliest heavy metal bands and a seminal influence to many acts of that scene, with fast, heavy rock (an influence on the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) and acts such as Metallica) being played as early as 1971. The band has been noted as "among the heaviest metal of its day".
Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972.
The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall . The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the Executive producer. The show had two theme songs- the first was "The Loner" by The Milton Hunter Orchestra, and the later theme was "Nobody's Fool" written by Ray Davies and performed by Cold Turkey.
Budgie is a British record producer from United Kingdom. He has released the album The Good Book with The Alchemist in 2014 and has co-produced the collaborative track "Quest/Power" by rapper Earl Sweatshirt and producer Samiyam in 2015.
Peter Edward Clarke (born 21 August 1957, St Helens), known professionally as Budgie, is an English drummer. His first recording was with The Slits in 1979. He then became the drummer of the influential band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1979–96) and the drum-and-voice duo The Creatures (1981–2004). Budgie worked with other musicians including John Cale, Leonard Eto (formerly of the Kodo Drummers) and John Grant.
In 2013, Spin rated him at No. 28 in their list of "The 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music", writing: "Post-punk introduced a lot of amazing drummers, but none more influential than Budgie. With the Banshees, Budgie didn't just play rhythms—he played hooks and leads, brilliant parts that set the songs on fire. His tom-tom-intensive approach, [was] enlightened by his awareness of world music".Spin considered his "most booming moment" to be "Into the Light", from 1981's Juju, saying: "Budgie drums up a marvel of kinetic syncopation and invention".
Budgie was hailed in 2013 by peer Stewart Copeland of The Police as one of the 16 most interesting drummers. Copeland described Budgie's playing as "very economical and offbeat", adding, "Budgie didn’t play your standard hi-hat-kick-snare; there were a lot of tom-toms and a big throb." Ari Up of The Slits praised him as "a very sensitive drummer". NME named Budgie the best drummer of 1983.
Usage examples of "budgie".
She flipped her finger into the air and Budgie winged away into the woods.
Muhlenberg kicked the morgue door shut before Budgie could get in line with it.
He knew now that he had been artificially busier and busier as the day wore on, and that it was only a weak effort to push aside the thoughts of Budgie and what might have happened to her.
With that thought came its corollary: Budgie was missing, and if she had been taken care of he, Muhlenberg, was next on the list.
In other words, if Budgie had been taken care of, he could expect some sort of attack too, and quickly.
And he became aware of Budgie looking fixedly at the figure in the door, her face radiant.
Muhlenberg suspected that that was the very first physical contact either he or Budgie had yet received from the creature, and that it was a rare thing and a great compliment.
The budgie twittered in annoyance and flew several feet before landing on a bare knee to continue its foraging.
As he put the budgie back into its cage it crossed his mind that he ought to buy Danny a companion.
A cage of budgies erupted into a bout of squabbling over what appeared to be territorial rights to the perch beside the tiny mirror.
By midafternoon, with about a third of the population having bought BUDGIES and Gaer as a god and a dictator, we had driven all the five hundred sales-robots as nutty as so many machine-tooled fruitcakes.
Wade looked at the budgies and wondered how such a toy of a creature could ever have existed in the wild.
Dublin there's people sitting down to their tea now, watched by their cats and their budgies and their dogs.
Yet he didn't keep budgies or go along with superstitions or worship the sun: he was part of an organisation that killed people.
In every room here there are talking budgies, and in the almirahs I find moth‑eaten dresses and used brassieres!