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broody

[broo-dee] / ˈbru di /




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"I'm so broody," the 29-year-old tells the BBC Access All podcast.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

The “La La Land” and “The Notebook” star, who is a noted musician as well, then took a seat behind a large black piano and donned dark sunglasses for the broody satire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024

“He’s just this broody, emotionless science man, but every two or three episodes, something happens, and they just make him feel all the emotions.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2022

Pregnant at 23, married not long after, she had endured 14 years of bossy, broody cantankerousness from a man to whom marriage was “a tourniquet I didn’t think we could live without.”

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Will often go broody; excellent for raising chicks from fertile eggs.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones