birdie

American  

[bur-dee] / ˈbɜr di /

noun

1. a small bird.

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

3. a shuttlecock.

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verb (used with object)

birdied, birdieing

1. Golf. to make a birdie on (a hole).

birdie British  

/ ˈbɜːdɪ /

noun

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

2. informal a bird, esp a small bird

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of birdie

First recorded in 1785–95; bird + -ie

Example Sentences

But the American showed remarkable calm and control on a masterful front nine, featuring four birdies, to move into a lead he never looked like relinquishing.

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Both players birdied the ninth to turn with Chacarra three shots ahead, half of what his lead had been on the sixth tee.

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Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick, who had missed makeable birdie chances from 15, 11, 11 and seven feet on four successive holes from the eighth, birdied the 12th and 13th to surge into the lead on 13 under.

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Lee birdied four of his final six holes to set the clubhouse target but could not maintain that momentum.

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But he raced his birdie putt past and failed to knock in a seven-footer for par as he made a rare mistake.

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