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.—
Jennifer Boeth
Jennifer BoethExamples of birdie in a Sentence
Noun
I made a birdie on the fifth hole.
I made birdie on the fifth hole.
Verb
She birdied the second hole.
Recent Examples on the WebJean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2024
The two-time major champion holes out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger at TPC River Highlands.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
This time, the nightmare ran on till to the last two-and-a-half feet, as a simple conversion for par at the 18th green would have forced DeChambeau to birdie to avoid a playoff.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 17 June 2024
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Noun
Our pups were chasing after the birdies and running around with us.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2024
The two-time major champion holes out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger at TPC River Highlands.
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
Verb
Scheffler went back out with two holes to play and birdied 18 to join a three-way tie for second with Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia at 11-under.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024
This time, the nightmare ran on till to the last two-and-a-half feet, as a simple conversion for par at the 18th green would have forced DeChambeau to birdie to avoid a playoff.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 17 June 2024
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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