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View synonyms for broody
broody
[ broo-dee ]
adjective
, brood·i·er, brood·i·est.
- moody; gloomy.
- inclined to sit on eggs:
a broody hen.
broody
/ ˈbruːdɪ /
adjective
- moody; meditative; introspective
- (of poultry) wishing to sit on or hatch eggs
- informal.(of a woman) wishing to have a baby of her own
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Derived Forms
- ˈbroodiness, noun
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- broodi·ness noun
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Example Sentences
When she finally got broody she was given seventeen eggs and allowed to settle down to the task of incubating Christmas dinners.
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A broody blackbird 'chinked' anxiously, and a pigeon wheeled aside with a 'swoof.'
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The chickens may be saved either by removing them to other broody hens or by putting them in a flannel wrapping in a warm place.
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Because the broody hen makes a clucking noise, she is sometimes called a clucking hen.
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There is no way of forcing or inducing hens to become broody before they would do so of their own accord.
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