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How to use birdie in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Birdie means a bird; especially, a small and cute one. Example: “Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?”

Examples of birdie by meaning

nounA bird; especially, a small and cute one.

  • Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?
  • 'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia...

nounThe completion of a hole one stroke below par.

  • He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
  • 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

verbTo score a birdie.

  • Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.

verbTo score a birdie at (a hole).

  • Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

More sentences with birdie

  • She managed to anhyzer the disc around the boulder to make the putt for a birdie.From the entry anhyzer
  • He chipped in from 20 yards for a birdie.From the entry chip in
  • Danny watched the birdie and said cheese, and then it was over and the wait began.2008, Tim Connelly, The Local News, page 41. From the entry say cheese
  • While they are looking at the cameraman’s birdie so earnestly, I’ll whisper their names—Adviser, Mr.1939, Legend, Fort Wayne, Ind.: North Side High School, page 63. From the entry adviseress
  • I was watching the little birdies fly in front of my eyes, so it took me a second to re-combobulate myself.2011, Nicole Peeler, Eye of the Tempest: Jane True Series: Book Four, unnumbered page. From the entry recombobulate
  • Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth.2009 January 18, “Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi”, in Herald Sun. From the entry par
  • Briton Fisher reels off 10 birdies in record 63.2008 July 4, Reuters India, headline. From the entry reel off
  • He did get their attention when he drilled the ball dead center into the hole for an opening birdie.2006, Joe Coon, The Perfect Game. From the entry drill
  • And with millions of dollars' worth of C-band birdies orbiting our planet, I believe it is highly unlikely the programming choices will become reduced.2006 January 30, Maxodyne, “Re: 4DTV Future 2006”, in alt.video.satellite.4dtv (Usenet). From the entry ride on the back of
  • Do birdies sing in the morning?1976 April, Nathan Hollander [pseudonym; Marc Olden], chapter 1, in The Harker File, New York, N.Y.: Lynx Books, published January 1989…. From the entry does the bear shit in the woods
  • Birdie was okay, and occasionally in passing Mort would give her a slap on the behind, or cop of feel of those bombs of hers.1970 [1937], Meyer Levin, The Old Bunch, page 477. From the entry bomb
  • The ball rolled straight as a die toward the caddy who was holding the flag, and tinkled into the cup for a birdie three!1921 March, Octavus Roy Cohen, “Follow Through”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LXXII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey…. From the entry caddy
  • Was it a ickle birdie, then?1919, Punch. From the entry ickle
  • His flat stick caught fire on Sunday, helping him onto five birdies to start the back nine and a 64 seize the trophy from Rory McIlroy's grasp.2022 July 17, Luke Kerr-Dineen, “How the beer-loving Cameron Smith lost weight — and gained distance”, in Golf Magazine, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry flat stick

Meaning of birdie

  1. noun A bird; especially, a small and cute one.
  2. noun The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
  3. noun A shuttlecock.

Full definition of birdie

Questions about birdie in a sentence

How do you use birdie in a sentence?
Birdie is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?”
What is a short sentence with birdie?
“Do birdies sing in the morning?”
What does birdie mean?
Birdie means a bird; especially, a small and cute one.

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