Bird dog

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A bird dog is a gun dog used to hunt or retrieve birds. In the southern United States the term bird dog refers specifically to the English Pointer.

Other uses:

  • A man who steals another man's girlfriend or date, as in The Everly Brothers' song "Bird Dog ", possibly referring to slang terms for women as chicks and other bird-related terms.
  • The Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, an airplane named for its use, similar to that of bird dogs, in scouting the area (reconnaissance).
  • A referral fee, or "bird dog fee", is sometimes used in business. If Jake hires a company to perform some type of service and then recommends the company to Chester, who then hires the company and gives Jake as a reference, the company may give Jake a bird dog fee as a bonus for "retrieving" a new customer.
  • "Bird dog" can also be referenced to the real estate market, which is a person who locates properties for investors or silent partners. In many States this practice is illegal unless the person receiving the fee has a valid real estate license. A person may be subject to fines or even jail time.
  • A regional baseball scout. "Bird dogs" are generally not team employees but instead are members of a network of contacts established by a full-time area scout, and earn fees by suggesting youth players worth watching to the team.
  • In athletics, especially football, a drill in which a specific movement or play is walked through on a step-by-step basis.
  • In grassroots political campaigning, especially in AIDS advocacy, the tactic of asking pointed questions to political candidates in public forums, with the intent to elicit public promises from the candidate for better policy
  • Sometimes used to refer to stalking
  • Occasionally used to refer to exerting extreme levels of dominance over, as in "Michigan is going to birddog Ohio State."
  • A band native to Frankenmuth, MI that's considered by many to be "rawsome".
  • Used on the U.S. Gulf Coast to refer to a flat bottomed workboat with the outboard motor positioned in a well forward. Commonly used for net fishing and clamming.

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