robin
nounUK /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/ · US /ˈɹɑ.bɪn/
Etymology Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”). ] ]
› Any of various passerine birds (about 100…
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A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
- As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
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An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
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Historical A trimming in front of a dress.
- Synonyms
- redbreast, robin redbreast, ruddock
- Derived terms
44 terms
American robin, Australasian robin, cock-robin, cock-robin shop, eastern yellow robin, flyrobin, forest robin, golden bush robin, golden robin, gold robin, Japanese robin, magpie-robin, mangrove robin, mountain robin, Natal robin, North American robin, Peking robin, Pekin robin, ragged robin, robin-breast, robin-chat, robin dipper, robin egg blue, Robin Hill, robinlike, robin redbreast, robin-run-in-the-grass, robin-run-in-the-hedge, robin-run-the-hedge, robin snipe, robin snow, rose robin, round robin, round-robin story, rufous bush robin, rufous scrub robin, rufous-tailed scrub robin, scrub robin, sea robin, swamp robin, wake robin, wakerobin, wake-robin, white-throated robin