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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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Coming in four back and tied for sixth, Scheffler shot a course-record 62, including six birdies on the back nine.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
The world number one has just birdied the par-five ninth, however, so perhaps her round is about to get back on track.
Team USA's Lilia Vu is in the early stages of her opening round.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Snoopy even has his own sidekick, a little birdie named Woodstock.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
Coming in four back and tied for sixth, Scheffler shot a course-record 62, including six birdies on the back nine.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
Verb
That lead immediately disintegrated, as McIlroy birdied the first hole.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024
The world number one has just birdied the par-five ninth, however, so perhaps her round is about to get back on track.
Team USA's Lilia Vu is in the early stages of her opening round.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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