birdie

English

Etymology

From bird +‎ -ie. Compare Dutch vogeltje (“birdie”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈbərdi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)di

Noun

birdie (plural birdies)

1. (diminutive) A bird; a birdling.

   Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?

2. (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

   He scored ten birdies during the tournament.

3. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
4. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
5. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
6. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

Synonyms

• (diminutive for bird): cocky

Related terms

• watch the birdie

Translations

bird, birdling

• Finnish: lintunen (fi)
• Norwegian: småfugl (no) m, titting (no) (dialect)
• Portuguese: passarinho (pt)

• Serbo-Croatian: птичица (sh) (ptičica) f
• Spanish: pajarito (es) m

golf: completion of a hole one stroke below par

• Finnish: birdie (fi)

badminton: shuttlecock — see shuttlecock

electromagnetic signal generated from within a device

rude gesture with the middle finger

• Finnish: keskisormi (fi)

rrude gesture with the middle and index fingers

See also

• (golf): albatross, bogey, double bogey, eagle

Verb

birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing, simple past and past participle birdied)

1. (intransitive, golf) To score a birdie.

   Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.

2. (transitive, golf) To score a birdie.

   Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

Anagrams

• bridie

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English birdie.

Noun

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

Coordinate terms

• bogey
• eagle
• albatros