Definitions for canary
kəˈnɛər ica·na·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canarynoun

   someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

2. canarynoun

   a female singer

3. canary yellow, canarynoun

   a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

4. canary, canary birdadjective

   any of several small Old World finches

5. canary, canary-yellowadjective

   having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canarynoun

   A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.

2. canarynoun

   Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.

3. canarynoun

   A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.

4. canarynoun

   A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).

5. canarynoun

   Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)

6. canarynoun

   A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.

7. canarynoun

   An informer or snitch; a squealer.

8. canarynoun

   A (usually yellow) capsule of Nembutal barbiturate.

9. canaryverb

   to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance)

10. canarynoun

    A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.

11. canaryadjective

    Of a light yellow colour.

12. Canarynoun

    someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

13. Etymology: From the Latin Canariae insulae, "Canary Islands" (Spanish "Islas Canarias"); from the largest island Insula Canaria ("Dog Island" or "Canine Island"), named for its dogs, from canarius, "canine", from canis, dog.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Canarynoun

   Wine brought from the Canaries; sack.

   Etymology: from the Canary islands.

   I will to my honest knight Falstaff, and drink canary with him. ———— I think I shall drink in pipe wine first with him; I’ll make him dance. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

2. To Canaryverb

   A cant word, which seems to signify to frolick.

   Master, will you win your love with a French brawl? ———— How mean’st thou, brawling in French? ———— No, my compleat master; but to jigg off a tune at the tongue’s end, canary to it with your feet, humour it with turning up your eyelids. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour Lost.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canary

   A canary is a small songbird that is native to the Canary Islands, Azores, and Madeira. Known for its vibrant yellow color and beautiful singing voice, it is often kept as a pet and was historically used in coal mines to detect dangerous gases. Canaries belong to the finch family.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Canaryadjective

   of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds

2. Canaryadjective

   of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone

3. Canarynoun

   wine made in the Canary Islands; sack

4. Canarynoun

   a canary bird

5. Canarynoun

   a pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird

6. Canarynoun

   a quick and lively dance

7. Canaryverb

   to perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper

8. Etymology: [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Canary

   ka-nā′ri, n. a light sweet wine from the Canary Islands: a bird originally from the Canary Islands: a lively dance.—adj. canary-coloured, bright yellow.—ns. Canā′ry-bird, a canary: (slang) a jail-bird: a mistress; Canā′ry-grass, a grass of which the seed is much used as food for canary-birds; Canā′ry-wood, the dark-coloured timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Canary

   Wine and a species of singing bird brought from the Canary Islands, so called, agreeably to the Latin canis, on account of the large dogs found there.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CANARY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canary is ranked #24288 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Canary surname appeared 1,033 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Canary.
   
   93.9% or 970 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 24 total occurrences were Black.
   1.4% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Informer
   • Singer

Anagrams for canary »

1. cynara

How to pronounce canary?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say canary in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of canary in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of canary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of canary in a Sentence

1. Phil Murphy:

   [ New York's the ] canary in the coal mine.

2. Jeremy Swan:

   The leveraged loan market can be considered a canary in the coal mine for the U.S. economy.

3. Venus Herrick:

   This was a needle-in-a-haystack search with no guarantee that the needle exists, finding a change that could be clearly confirmed as real was absolutely a surprise. We were pretty certain that Venus is volcanically active, but we didn’t know if eruptions occur every few months, years, once every 10,000 years, or longer. All options could have fit with existing data. Unless we got incredibly lucky, we now know the frequency is every few months or so, similar to the family of Earth’s big basaltic intraplate volcanoes like Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, Canary Islands, etc.

4. Supreme Court:

   Establishing standing does not require that a litigant fly as a canary into a coal mine before she may enforce her rights.

5. John Ing:

   The market is vulnerable still, the move in gold is the canary in the coal mine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=canary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Canary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=canary
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canary
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=canary
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=canary
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html