watch the birdie

English

Verb

watch the birdie (third-person singular simple present watches the birdie, present participle watching the birdie, simple past and past participle watched the birdie)

1. (chiefly imperative) To look toward the camera while one's photograph is being taken.
   • 2008, Tim Connelly, The Local News, page 41:

     Danny watched the birdie and said cheese, and then it was over and the wait began. Danny would wait for weeks in anticipation of the day the final product was passed out by his teacher Miss Turner.