birdie
Syllables: bird·ieUK/ˈbɜː.di/US/ˈbɝ.di/
birdie noun: a bird; especially, a small and cute one.
Noun
birdie (plural birdies)
- 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?
- The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
- He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
- 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.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
- A shuttlecock.
- A penis.
- Synonyms:
- anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda
- An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
- A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
- A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.
Verb
birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, simple past and past participle birdied)
- To score a birdie.
- Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
- To score a birdie at (a hole).
- Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
Proper noun capitalized: Birdie
Birdie
- A female given name from English.
- “Don't call me Beatrice, Leam. I don't like Beatrice and I told you so before.” He acted contrite. “I'm sorry, Birdie.”2011 October 27, Lori Lansens, Rush Home Road, Hachette UK, →ISBN
- Meet Birdie Dunlop - Evers . Or Bridget Elspeth Veronica Dunlop - Evers , to give her her full name . Born in Gloucestershire in April 1964.2020 June 2, Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs: A Novel, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 238
- A name for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)
birdie meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
birdie in Hindi
- बर्डी
birdie in Tamil
- பறவைக்குஞ்சு, பறவைக் குஞ்சு
birdie in Marathi
- golf: completion of a hole one stroke below par
- बर्डी barḍī
birdie in Urdu
- برڈی
More languagesFewer languages
- birdie in Telugu
- బర్డీ
- birdie in Kannada
- ಬರ್ಡಿ
- birdie in Punjabi
- ਬਰਡੀ
- birdie in Gujarati
- બર્ડી
- birdie in Odia
- ବର୍ଡି
- birdie in Nepali
- बर्डी
- birdie in Thai
- เบอร์ดี
- birdie in Vietnamese
- chim non
Examples of birdie in a sentence
- She managed to anhyzer the disc around the boulder to make the putt for a birdie.
- He chipped in from 20 yards for a birdie.
- Danny watched the birdie and said cheese, and then it was over and the wait began.
Synonyms of birdie
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Forms of birdie
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | birdies |
| alternative form | birdy |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | birdies |
| present participle | birdieing |
| present participle | birdying |
| past participle | birdied |
| past | birdied |
Origin of birdie
From bird + -ie.
From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.
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Questions about birdie
- What does birdie mean?
- Birdie means a bird; especially, a small and cute one.
- What is birdie in Hindi?
- Birdie in Hindi is बर्डी. See Birdie meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is birdie?
- Birdie can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce birdie?
- Birdie is pronounced /ˈbɜː.di/ (UK).
- What is the plural of birdie?
- The plural of birdie is birdies.
Words near birdie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: birdie (page history and authors); Birdie (page history and authors); birdie (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); birdie (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); birdie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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