SMALL GAME Synonyms

• black birds having a raucous call

• a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

• the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

• a small quadrilateral constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Virgo

• an instance of boastful talk

• a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

• dwell on with satisfaction

• express pleasure verbally

• utter shrill sounds

• any of numerous small pigeons

• a constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum

• someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

• flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

• an emblem of peace

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

• submerge or plunge suddenly

• dip into a liquid

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

• flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

• pinch in the buttocks

• prod into action

• give a spurt of fuel to

• flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

• popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

• hunt grouse

• complain

• swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• run quickly, like a hare

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call

• someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

• an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

• flesh of either quail or grouse

• heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds

• small Old World gallinaceous game birds

• a popular North American game bird; named for its call

• valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada

• large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

• flesh of a pheasant; usually braised

• wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

• flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

• small gallinaceous game birds

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

• the fur of a rabbit

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• hunt rabbits

• small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

• large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail

• the fur of a squirrel

• gregarious birds native to the Old World