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

Scheffler’s shot for birdie and the lead in the final round was from 27 feet, six inches. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

His only disappointment was missing an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole of a pleasant day that followed steady rain earlier in the week that softened the course. — ABC News, 25 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