magpie

Meanings

Plural: magpies

Noun

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
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
A halfpenny.
A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.

Verb

To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.

Origin / Etymology

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret that was used to denote a chatterer, + archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker, magpie”). Displaced native Old English agu, "magpie".

Synonyms

babbler, chatter, chatterbox, chatterer, common magpie, Eurasian magpie, European magpie, gossip, maggie, mottle, pack rat, pica, pie, piet, prater, scavenger, spouter

Scrabble Score: 11

magpie is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
magpie is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
magpie is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

magpie is a valid Words With Friends word