Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A small bird.
- n. Sports One stroke under par for a hole in golf.
- n. Sports See shuttlecock.
- v. Sports To shoot (a hole in golf) in one stroke under par.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A childish diminutive of bird.
- n. A term of endearment for a child or a young woman.
- n. A name about Aberdeen, Scotland, of the young halibut.
Wiktionary
- n. diminutive A bird; a birdling.
- n. golf The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
- n. badminton A shuttlecock.
- n. electronics An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
- n. usually preceded by "the" A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
- n. usually preceded by "the" A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.
- v. intransitive, golf To score a birdie.
- v. transitive, golf To score a birdie.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.
WordNet 3.0
- n. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- n. (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- v. shoot in one stroke under par
Etymologies
- From bird + -ie. Compare Dutch vogeltje ("birdie"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Micheel birdied the last two holes he played to finish 3 under par, and on this course, a birdie is almost like skipping a hole.”
USATODAY.com - Micheel makes late charge while leaders falter
“He settled for a tap-in birdie to put the pressure on Mallinger, who made a 5-footer setting up the final scramble.”
“In the final round, he shot 71, including a dramatic chip-in birdie on No. 16, and beat Chris DiMarco on the first hole of a playoff.”
“He rolled in birdie after birdie after birdie; DiMarco appeared to be rolling over once again during a major.”
USATODAY.com - Resurgent Tiger has plenty in the tank to win in the end
“But rather than trying to fly his approach to the green, he played a low punch and rolled the ball within birdie range — a skillful shot and practiced patience that eluded Mickelson not long ago.”
“He didn't know he had to make it to tie, but he figured he had to get it at least within birdie distance.”
“Facing certain defeat, Allenby holed a 15-foot birdie from the fringe to halve the hole and stay alive.”
USATODAY.com - International team shows grit on first day of Presidents Cup
“American Paul Azinger made an amazing birdie from the 18th green-side bunker to prolong the contest Sunday.”
“He was correct as he rolled in a 15-footer for birdie from the fringe to put a smile on his face Friday as he headed to the final 36 holes nicely positioned just two shots out of the lead in the 131st”
“Waldorf missed by an inch a 35-footer for birdie from the fringe at No. 18 which would have given him the outright lead.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘birdie’.
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•Words We Use Here That Would Tick Of...
Or, Things That Get a Whole Lot More Fun With an -ie Ending.
See conversation on git, and have at it!
Edit: Many of the following are madeupical, but many are not. See als...wordie, foodie, roadie, cookie, prosie, poetrie, tunie, scriptie, democracie, pompous old gittie, funnie, hippie and 156 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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golf related words
everything golf
airshot, albatross, backswing, baff, baffy, birdie, birdieing, bisque, blaster, bogey, brassy, brassie and 102 more...
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Golf Words
I loathe golf, but I love the olde fashioned names for the clubs.
playclub, brassie, spoon, cleek, baffy, mashie, niblick, divot, chilly-dip, the yips, skull, texas wedge and 41 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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ABACABB
words/names from video games
ganon, doki doki, ganondorf, toadstool, bowser, dr. robotnik, link, zelda, sonic, 1 up, kid icarus, metroid and 114 more...
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My Dogs' Words
treat, potty, outside, mommie, mommielina, mommierenee, kisses, yes, no, love, sit, down and 186 more...
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
truthiness, bacchanalia, disappointed, love handles, pussy, overrated, perspective, quitter, alito, camilla-mania, cat, shhhh!... and 335 more...
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beastly verbs
someone must already have this list?
squirrel away, worm it out of so..., pony up, fish for compliments, weasel out, badger, outfox, horse around, hound, cow, chicken out, goose and 99 more...
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jannygirl's Words
definitely, scrumptious, smooth, rocket, memory, tangible, groove, massage, drastic, sweet, silly, reciprocal and 78 more...
Tweets
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The birdies sing and whistle loud,
The busy insects hum,
The squirrels chat, the frogs say 'Crook!'
But the snake is always dumb.
With not a sound through grasses deep
The silent snake goes creepy-creep!
- Langston Hughes, 'The Silent Snake'. Nov 8, 2008