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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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sophie Redmond dealt with a few more bogeys but a birdie on the 17th put her within one stroke of her sister.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Lowry pulled even with Straka after birdieing the par-5 15th.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
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Noun
Woods opened with a two bogies at holes No. 1 and No. 3 but bounced back with a birdie at No. 9 and an eagle on the par-5 No. 12.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Sophie Redmond dealt with a few more bogeys but a birdie on the 17th put her within one stroke of her sister.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
Verb
Playing in the first group, Wong birdied the second hole and made up for his lone mistake (a bogey on No. 3) with birdies at seven and 11 to maintain a slim lead.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Lowry pulled even with Straka after birdieing the par-5 15th.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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