birdie

[ bur-dee ]

noun
  1. a small bird.

  2. Golf. a score of one stroke under par on a hole.

  1. a shuttlecock.

verb (used with object),bird·ied, bird·ie·ing.
  1. Golf. to make a birdie on (a hole).

Origin of birdie

1
First recorded in 1785–95; bird + -ie

Words Nearby birdie

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How to use birdie in a sentence

  • Shocked to hear birdie has been hit, but another message to say nothing serious, came close on the heels of the first.

  • birdie has fairly taken the fighting edge off Liman von Sanders' two new Divisions: he has knocked them to bits.

  • Left on a picket boat with birdie to board my destroyer to an accompaniment of various denominations of projectiles.

  • I jumped on to it—had to—then jumped off it nippier still and, turning to the right, began to walk towards birdie's dugout.

  • At last, rather tired by my long day, made my way back, stopping at birdie's dugout en route.

British Dictionary definitions for birdie

birdie

/ (ˈbɜːdɪ) /


noun
  1. golf a score of one stroke under par for a hole

  2. informal a bird, esp a small bird

verb
  1. (tr) golf to play (a hole) in one stroke under par

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