birdie
noun /ˈbɜːdi/
/ˈbɜːrdi/
- (informal) a child’s word for a little bird
- (in golf) a score of one stroke (= hit) of the ball less than par (= the standard score for a hole) compare bogey, eagleTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- (North American English) (also shuttlecock British and North American English)the object that players hit backwards and forwards in the game of badminton
Word Originlate 18th cent.: diminutive of bird; the golf term from US slang bird, denoting any first-rate thing.