birdie

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noun

bird·​ie ˈbər-dē 

plural birdies

1

: a little bird

2

: a golf score of one stroke less than par on a hole compare eagle entry 1

3

: shuttlecock

In Asia, badminton is an obsession … . In one preliminary match in Malaysia, 21,000 people came out to watch the speeding birdie.

—Jennifer Boeth

birdie

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verb

birdied; birdieing

transitive verb

: to score a birdie on

Examples of birdie in a Sentence

Noun

I made a birdie on the fifth hole.

I made birdie on the fifth hole.

Verb

She birdied the second hole.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Korda began to make an early charge after registering birdies at third and fourth holes to get to 4 under. —ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026

Following a tie for second at last year’s Hoag, Cink sealed the deal with a steady driver and precise, but not outlandish, shot-making that produced six birdies. —Jay Paris, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026

Verb

Elia Galitsky of Thailand, the 19-year-old who has finished in the top 10 her previous two appearances in the ANWA, birdied three straight holes only to make par on her par-5 closing hole for a 70 to miss the cut by one shot. —ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026

Wi birdied holes 13 and 15 to get to 14-under, two strokes shy of Cink. —Jay Paris, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for birdie

• gurdy
• purdy
• sturdy
• thirty
• wordy