birdie
pronunciation
How to pronounce birdie in British English:
UK [ˈbɜ:di]
How to pronounce birdie in American English:
US [ˈbɜrdi]
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- Noun:
- (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole
- badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
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- Verb:
- to shoot in one stroke under par
Word Origin
- birdie (n.)
- "little bird," 1792, from bird (n.1) + -ie. As golf slang for "a hole played one under par," by 1908, perhaps from bird (n.) in American English slang sense of "exceptionally clever or accomplished person or thing" (1839).
Example
- 1. All five of us had a good chance to make a birdie four .
- 2. You 're like a little birdie up there !
- 3. Or , if you 're this little birdie , wherever you build a nest .
- 4. Woods backed off his birdie putt , then quickly resumed play .
- 5. Two birdie see a hunter is aiming at them , say only , you protect the spot I go calling a police !