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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛəɹi/

Definition 1:
• Of a light yellow colour.

Definition 2:
• That can be exercised on quarterly dates, a set time period (usually one year) after the issue date, and before the expiry date.
Labels: business, finance, not-comparable, of an option
Noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛəɹi/

Definition 1:
• A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
Labels: countable, informal, uncountable

Definition 4:
• An informer or snitch; a squealer.
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
Labels: Australia, countable, informal, uncountable

Definition 8:
• Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 9:
• A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 10:
• A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 12:
• A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 13:
• A sovereign (coin).
Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable

Definition 14:
• A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 15:
• A prisoner or convict.
Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛəɹi/

Definition 1:
• Someone connected with Norwich City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Labels: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
Verb
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɛəɹi/

Definition 1:
• To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
Labels: intransitive

Definition 2:
• To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
Labels: slang

Definition 3:
• To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary