(intransitive, informal) To attempt to improve one's status (at work, or in personal relationships, etc.) by repeatedly choosing the best option and then moving to better options as they become available.

(telecommunications) A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines.

(astronomy) The region of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram populated by evolving low to medium-mass stars.

(pathology) A heart condition in which the electrical impulses controlling the pace of the heart are not transmitted normally through either of the bundle branches.

(pathology, botany, sylvaniculture, arboriculture) A syndrome in which a tree suddenly drops a large limb from its body, usually interpreted as being caused by stress due to heat waves, droughts or persistent hot weather.

plural of bundle branch block

plural of private branch exchange

Alternative form of charm the birds from the trees

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of charm a bird off a branch

simple past tense and past participle of charm a bird off a branch