jail bird

1. 1.

   a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly

   Synonymsjailbirdgaolbird

   Broadercriminal

Questions about jail bird

What does jail bird mean?

jail bird means "a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly".

What is another word for jail bird?

Close synonyms include jailbird, gaolbird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jail bird a common word?

jail bird is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.