Definition of "budgie" [budg•ie]

• Informal A budgerigar. (noun)

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• "I call my budgie Jeffrey My grandads name's the same I call him after grandad Who had a feathered brain."
• "She called her budgie Onan because it spilled it’s seed upon the ground."
• "It asked them to choose between boardshorts and swimming briefs, more commonly known as budgie smugglers."