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

Last week Reyes fired a personal best three-under 33 over the Bernardo Heights Red front nine, showing her consistency by collecting three birdies and the rest pars. —Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025

The Northern Irishman claimed his second Irish Open title at The K Club, sinking a clutch birdie in a playoff against Sweden's Joakim Lagergren. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

Verb

After both players birdied the eighteenth hole the first two playoff holes, Lagergren found the water to the left of the green on the third playoff hole, opening the door for McIlroy. —Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Both players birdied the first two extra holes, but on the third, Lagergren found the water hazard. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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