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

Rock-steady Scottie clinched with a 12-foot birdie putt. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024

Kim, who trailed by one stroke heading into the final hole, sank a 10-foot birdie putt to tie Scheffler and send the tournament to a sudden-death playoff. —CBS News, 23 June 2024

Verb

Pan birdied two of his final three holes at the John Deere Classic to tie for second place with two others. —Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024

Scheffler went back out with two holes to play and birdied 18 to join a three-way tie for second with Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia at 11-under. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1768, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1921, in the meaning defined above