plural birdies
1
: a little bird
2
: a golf score of one stroke less than par on a hole compare eagle entry 1
3
: shuttlecock
In Asia, badminton is an obsession … . In one preliminary match in Malaysia, 21,000 people came out to watch the speeding birdie.—
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Noun
I made a birdie on the fifth hole.
I made birdie on the fifth hole.
Verb
She birdied the second hole.
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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Revuelta missed her birdie attempt, and now Lee faced the knee-knocking 4-footer to tie the hole, win the match and give the Wildcats their first women’s golf title in school history.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Then Scheffler birdied the 10th, which gave him the solo lead once again.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
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Noun
Schmid, on the other hand, carded six birdies on Sunday, but also five bogeys and a double bogey on the fifth hole, which proved to be decisive for the final result.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
Revuelta missed her birdie attempt, and now Lee faced the knee-knocking 4-footer to tie the hole, win the match and give the Wildcats their first women’s golf title in school history.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Verb
Schultz, playing in the fourth group, birdied the 15th and 17th and came to the last hole two behind the leader.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Then Scheffler birdied the 10th, which gave him the solo lead once again.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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