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

Hovland birdied the first playoff hole on 18, catching the right edge on a six-foot, seven-inch putt for birdie. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Offering stunning views of snowcapped mountains in the distance, this is a relatively flat, flowing course with plenty of birdie opportunities. — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Verb

Scheffler reached 20-under, but two-putted and bogeyed 18 as Hovland birdied to complete a third-round 64 to take a 1-stroke lead into Sunday’s finale. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

Burns started the day at even par but birdied the first hole … and the third … then the fifth … and the eighth. — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 June 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