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.—
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Noun
I made a birdie on the fifth hole.
I made birdie on the fifth hole.
Verb
She birdied the second hole.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
—Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Suber has birdied the two par 5s each of the three rounds.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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Noun
Woodland’s round Sunday included three birdies, one bogey.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
—Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Verb
Cowan birdied his last hole for a 68 to join former Sooner Max McGreevy and former Oklahoma State player Sam Stevens, the only one of that trio who faced the harsh wind of the morning wave.
—Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Suber has birdied the two par 5s each of the three rounds.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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