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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Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Schauffele was in the final group and managed only one birdie while hitting just eight greens.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Hillier turned at 20-under Sunday, a shot ahead of Herbert who had just birdied the 10th hole.
—ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Thorbjornsen has rattled off 13 birdies and an eagle the last two days after a 74 in the opening round.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Schauffele was in the final group and managed only one birdie while hitting just eight greens.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
Berger himself birdied the easiest hole on a difficult course to hold a one-shot advantage.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Hillier turned at 20-under Sunday, a shot ahead of Herbert who had just birdied the 10th hole.
—ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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