# do bird

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. to do time (to serve a prison sentence).

## Etymology
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/do-bird