birdie
Americanverb (used with object)
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birdies,
present (3rd person singular)
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birdied,
past participle, past
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birdieing
present participle
noun
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golf a score of one stroke under par for a hole
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informal a bird, esp a small bird
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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birdiesimple
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birdiessimple
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have birdiedperfect
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has birdiedperfect
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am birdieingprogressive
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are birdieingprogressive
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is birdieingprogressive
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have been birdieingperfect progressive
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has been birdieingperfect progressive
Past
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birdiedsimple
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had birdiedperfect
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was birdieingprogressive
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were birdieingprogressive
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had been birdieingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of birdie
Example Sentences
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Imagine a little birdie from the future landed on my shoulder and whispered, with 98% probability, exactly what the stock market and bond market are going to do.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Whaley rounded off his win with a superb left-to-right putt for birdie at 15 to become the first English amateur to triumph in the US Amateur since Matt Fitzpatrick in 2013.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Her birdie on the 13th arrived as Noh was in a spot of bother on the 12th having pushed a birdie chance way past its intended target.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
He regained the lead with a birdie putt at No. 17 and finished the four rounds at seven-under par.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
They saw me as a birdie with a troubled wing that should remain close to the nest.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
“On 16 I had an eight-footer for par that lipped out and she parred, so now all of a sudden I’m down one,” said Phillips, who finished with three birdies, an eagle and four bogeys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Mats, a 23 handicap, astonishingly had three birdies in a row.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The match swung back and forth, with neither pair able to sustain a telling lead, but three birdies in a row from the 11th gave the Swedes a two-hole lead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
However, Whaley fought back superbly, making back-to-back birdies on the second and third holes of his second round on his way to winning four holes consecutively.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
You only would hear the birdies twirping and the church bells ringing.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
New Zealander Ryan Fox, ranked No. 56 in the world, birdied four of his final six holes to take the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
McIlroy played with 18-year-old amateur Mason Howell, who was sufficiently impressed as the defending champion birdied each of the final four holes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
He birdied all four of them despite not hitting a fairway.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Lee birdied four of his final six holes to set the clubhouse target but could not maintain that momentum.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
McIlroy got a four at the par-five first to pull even with the leaders, who both birdied it themselves 10 minutes later to move to 13 under.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
Just below Korda in the rankings, Jeeno Thitikul made a run toward the top of the standings by birdieing her first four holes, but ultimately settled in a tie for ninth place going 16 under.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
Woad, 20, won the recent Augusta National Women’s Amateur by birdieing the last two holes at the home of the Masters.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024
The ever-improving Tony Finau, who has won four of the last 18 tournaments he has entered - including last week’s Mexico Open - rallied to shoot 71 after birdieing two of his final three holes.
From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023
It had begun in the morning, with the wrap of the weather-delayed third round, with Scheffler birdieing four of his leftover six holes to zoom to that six-shot lead.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2022
Lizette Salas was 10 under after a 64, birdieing the par-5 18th just before play was stopped.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
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