birdie

See also: Birdie

English

Alternative forms

• birdy (rare)

Etymology

From bird +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɝdi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːdi/

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• Hyphenation: bird‧ie
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)di

Noun

birdie (plural birdies)

1. (diminutive) A (little) 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. (Philippines, slang) A man's 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.

Synonyms

• (diminutive for bird): cocky

Related terms

• watch the birdie

Translations

bird, birdling

• Armenian: թռչնիկ (hy) (tʻṙčʻnik)
• Belarusian: пту́шка (be) f (ptúška)
• Bulgarian: птиченце n (ptičence)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小鳥／小鸟 (zh) (xiǎoniǎo), 小鸟 (zh) (xiǎoniǎo)

• Czech: ptáček (cs) m
• Danish: fugleunge (da) c
• Dutch: vogeltje (nl)
• Esperanto: birdeto
• Finnish: lintunen (fi)
• French: oiselet (fr) m, oisillon (fr) m
• German: Vögelchen (de) n, Vöglein (de) n, Vögelein (de) n, Vogerl n (South German, Austrian, colloquial)
• Greek: πουλάκι (el) n (pouláki)
• Hebrew: ציפורית f (tsipporit)
• Ido: uceleto
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• Italian: uccellino (it) m
• Japanese: 小鳥 (ja) (ことり, kotori)
• Macedonian: птиченце n (ptičence)
• Norwegian: småfugl m, titting (dialectal)
• Old Tupi: gúyrá
• Polish: ptaszyna (pl) f, ptaszek (pl) m
• Portuguese: passarinho (pt)
• Russian: пти́чка (ru) f (ptíčka), пта́шка (ru) f (ptáška)
• Serbo-Croatian: птичица f, ptičica (sh) f
• Slovak: vtáčik m
• Slovene: ptička f
• Spanish: pajarito (es) m
• Ukrainian: пта́шка f (ptáška)
• Vietnamese: chim non
• Volapük: bödil

golf: completion of a hole one stroke below par

• Danish: birdie c
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• Finnish: birdie (fi)

badminton: shuttlecock — see shuttlecock

electromagnetic signal generated from within a device

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rude gesture with the middle finger

• Danish: finger (da) c, fuck-finger c
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• Finnish: keskisormi (fi)

rude gesture with the middle and index fingers

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See also

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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Bridie, bridie, ebriid

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English birdie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English birdie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœʁ.di/

Noun

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

Coordinate terms

• bogey
• eagle
• albatros