See Also: broody(dictionary)
broody(dictionary)

broody (oh)



BrE informal wishing that you had a baby
::I get broody when I see baby clothes in shop windows.
silent because you are thinking or worrying about something
::Damian's been really broody lately.
if a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out
-- broodiness n [U]