birdie

• birdy (rare)

From bird +‎ -ie.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.di/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝ.di/, [ˈbɚɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.di/, [ˈbɜːɾi]

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

birdie (plural birdies)

2. (often childish) A bird; especially, a small and cute one.

   Near-synonyms: birdlet, birdling, birb, cocky

   Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?

   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 121:

     'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.

4. (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

   Coordinate terms: buzzard, bogey, par, eagle, albatross, condor, ostrich

   He scored ten birdies during the tournament.

   • 1964 June 16, “All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 22:

     The heat brought one blessing. It baked the 7,053-yard par 35-35—70 course to concrete hardness and gave some added roll to the drives. Birdie, which have been at a premium, came easier.

6. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
8. (Philippines, slang) A penis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis

10. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
12. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
14. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

• hippo birdie two ewe
• watch the birdie

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

birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, simple past and past participle birdied)

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.

• Bridie, bridie, ebriid

Borrowed from English birdie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏr.di/

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• Hyphenation: bir‧die

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

Borrowed from English birdie.

• IPA^(key): /bœʁ.di/

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

• bogey
• eagle
• albatros