Definition of birdie in English:
birdie
nounPlural birdies ˈbəːdiˈbərdi
1informal A child's term for a bird.
Example sentencesExamples
- I love birdies just as much as you love horses and used to breed and sell parakeets all the time, but I've since slowed down and am left with a few offspring.
- I have some pet birdies -- a red factor canary and two green singer finches.
- His cartooning never condescends to its subject, even when he's drawing his pitiful owl terrifying the birdies he wants to play with.
- I do have pet birdies!
- Those little birdies now have hope because of you.
2Golf
A score of one stroke under par at a hole.
as modifier he finished with a birdie two on the 18th
Example sentencesExamples
- But after packing nine birdies and an eagle into an astonishing round, she suddenly leapt into contention.
- On the last hole of the 1986 Masters, needing only a par to tie Jack Nicklaus and a birdie to win outright, his iron shot flew far right of the green again.
- After an eagle and six birdies Westwood needed to birdie the 433-yard last to equal the course best of 63.
- Casey went out at 8.31 and this was a day when the early birds caught the birdies.
- O'Malley stopped Raphael Jacquelin making it two French wins in a row on the European Tour with a closing 66 highlighted by an eagle and four birdies in a seven-hole stretch around the turn.
verbbirdied, birdies, birdyingˈbəːdiˈbərdi
[with object]Golf Play (a hole) with a score of one stroke under par.
Drummond birdied the 16th and 17th for a 73
Example sentencesExamples
- Tiger Woods birdied the final hole to take an outright lead after a high-scoring first round of the US Open in Long Island.
- It brought him a 69, taking him to six under par and into the joint lead before Michael Campbell birdied the same hole.
- Woods teed-off, birdied the first hole and began his assault on the leaderboard.
- The final day started well enough for the American as he birdied the opening hole to move to seven-under par for the tournament.
- I parred the hole and won by two shots over Gil Morgan, who birdied the final hole.
Origin
Late 18th century: diminutive of bird; the golf term from US slang bird, denoting any first-rate thing.
Rhymes
curdy, hurdy-gurdy, nerdy, sturdy, vinho verde, wordy