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General Slang
Bird-dog
· noun · trucker / CB
A radar detector — sniffs out cops the way a bird-dog sniffs out game.
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An in-cab radar detector that alerts the driver to police radar/laser. Standard kit in older trucker rigs — illegal in commercial vehicles in the US since 1994, but still seen.
“My bird-dog just lit up like a Christmas tree — there's a smokey running radar somewhere up here.”
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Bird-dog In A Sentence
My bird-dog just lit up like a Christmas tree — there's a smokey running radar somewhere up here.
Origin & Usage
Named for hunting dogs that point and flush birds. Detector "points" at radar the same way. Brand name Cobra ran with it, but the slang predates them.
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