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# gizzard

noun (a gizzard, gizzards)

«gizzard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A gizzard is a strong muscular part of a bird's stomach that grinds up food, often with small stones the bird has swallowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#m1)
2. (informal, humorous) Gizzard can mean a person's stomach or throat: «It sticks in my gizzard» means it annoys me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons birds have gizzards instead of teeth to grind food. In cooking, chicken gizzards are eaten in some places. Phrases: «stick in your gizzard».

### Examples

- Birds have no teeth, so the gizzard grinds their food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x1)
- Chickens swallow small stones to help their gizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x2)
- Some people fry chicken gizzards. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x3)
- The worm ended up in the robin's gizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x4)
- That unfair rule really sticks in my gizzard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x5)
- Earthworms have a gizzard too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x6)
- Make yourself quite small, get into my throat—go into my gizzard and I will carry you.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Not a lizard! Birds and some other animals (earthworms, crocodiles) have gizzards.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gizzard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gizzard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gizzard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gizzard.html) on Mova free.