noun
One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
(figurative) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
(slang) A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
(military, firearms) The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
(attributively) A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.
verb
(transitive) To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
(ambitransitive) To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
(intransitive) To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.