birdie
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See also: Birdie
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝdi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːdi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: bird‧ie
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)di
Noun
[edit]birdie (plural birdies)
- (often childish) A (little) bird; a birdling.
- Synonym: cocky
- Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 121:
- 'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.
- (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
- He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
- 1964 June 16, “All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 22:
- The heat brought one blessing. It baked the 7,053-yard par 35-35—70 course to concrete hardness and gave some added roll to the drives. Birdie, which have been at a premium, came easier.
- (badminton) A shuttlecock.
- (Philippines, slang) A man's penis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
- (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
- (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
- (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.
Synonyms
[edit]- (diminutive for bird): cocky
- (penis): see Thesaurus:penis
Coordinate terms
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Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bird, birdling
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golf: completion of a hole one stroke below par
badminton: shuttlecock — see shuttlecock
electromagnetic signal generated from within a device
rude gesture with the middle finger
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rude gesture with the middle and index fingers
See also
[edit]- (golf): albatross, bogey, double bogey, eagle
Verb
[edit]birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, simple past and past participle birdied)
- (intransitive, golf) To score a birdie.
- Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
- (transitive, golf) To score a birdie at (a hole).
- Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
Anagrams
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[edit]birdie m (plural birdies)
French
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[edit]birdie m (plural birdies)
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- English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive)
- English 2-syllable words
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- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)di
- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)di/2 syllables
- English lemmas
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- English countable nouns
- English childish terms
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- en:Badminton
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- en:Electronics
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- English transitive verbs
- en:Genitalia
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- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Golf
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- fr:Golf