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birdie

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See also: Birdie

English

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From bird +‎ -ie.

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birdie (plural birdies)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
  4. (Philippines, slang) A man's penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
  5. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
  6. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
  7. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

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Verb

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birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, 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 at (a hole).
    Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English birdie.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.di/
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  • Hyphenation: bir‧die

Noun

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birdie m (plural birdies)

  1. (golf) birdie

French

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Borrowed from English birdie.

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birdie m (plural birdies)

  1. (golf) birdie

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