birdie
noun
bird·ie
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plural birdies
Definition of birdie
(Entry 1 of 2)
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.— Jennifer Boeth
birdie
verb
birdied;
birdieing
Definition of birdie (Entry 2 of 2)
: to score a birdie on
Examples of birdie in a Sentence
Noun
I made a birdie on the fifth hole. I made birdie on the fifth hole.Verb
She birdied the second hole.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
His round was highlighted by a birdie on the first hole. — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, "Marriotts Ridge boys golf opens with convincing win over Howard," 28 Aug. 2019 Harrington, 38, birdied three of the first four holes Saturday and then added four more birdies to his third-round scorecard. — oregonlive.com, "Scott Harrington tops leaderboard at WinCo Foods Portland Open, eyes PGA Tour card," 10 Aug. 2019 Heading into the turn, Beljan over-putted a few holes, missing birdies by a matter of inches. — Julia Stumbaugh, azcentral, "PGA Tour golfer Charlie Beljan of Mesa win Arizona Open championship," 7 Aug. 2019 The 20-year-old fired five birdies on her back nine to hold off America's Lizette Salas by one shot. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Hinako Shibuno wins Women's British Open on debut," 5 Aug. 2019 Fosdick fired off two birdies on the back nine to finish his second round at 4-under and make the cut, punching his ticket to play Thursday and Friday. — Shawn Mcfarland, courant.com, "Beber-Frankel takes lead at Boys Junior PGA; solid performances from state players," 2 Aug. 2019 Harrington, who shot 66, had an eventful round that included nine birdies, three bogeys and a double-bogey. — SFChronicle.com, "Cal alum Byeong Hun An owns lead at PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship," 2 Aug. 2019 While no official announcement has been made yet — Dear Netflix, please hurry — a little birdie may have just let the cat out of the bag. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, "WATCH: An Actor From The Crown May Have Just Spilled the Beans on Season Three," 26 July 2019 Backed by seven birdies, including three over the final three holes, Nakao carded a sizzling seven-under-par 65 to place first at Hansen Dam Golf Course in Pacoima. — Jeff Tully, Burbank Leader, "Looking Back: Girls’ cross-country team, track and field standout shine for Burbank in 2018-19," 23 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Park shook off a bogey and birdied two of the final four holes. — oregonlive, "Cambia Portland Classic, Round 1: Live leaderboard, updates," 25 Aug. 2019 The hole allowed Cantlay to cut the lead in half, but Thomas birdied four of the remaining eight holes. — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, "Justin Thomas grabs lead in PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup with 1 tournament to play," 18 Aug. 2019 Harrington, 38, birdied three of the first four holes Saturday and then added four more birdies to his third-round scorecard. — oregonlive.com, "Scott Harrington tops leaderboard at WinCo Foods Portland Open, eyes PGA Tour card," 10 Aug. 2019 Pastore had birdied the par-5 16th to tie Kong, and as Pastore played 17, Kong parred 16, missing a 25-footer that would have taken him to 15 under. — Staff Report, courant.com, "Kong holds off Pastore to win Connecticut Open," 21 July 2019 Marion, a first-time winner, carried a four-stroke lead into the final round and birdied the first hole to stretch his lead. — Anchorage Daily News, "JBER golfer claims Alaska State Amateur championship," 15 July 2019 Woods salvaged an otherwise disappointing weekend at Pebble Beach by birdieing six of his final 12 holes Sunday to finish the tournament at 2-under par, far behind the top contenders on a weekend made for low scores. — Josh Dubow, The Denver Post, "Strong finish not enough for Tiger Woods at U.S. Open," 16 June 2019 The 28-year-old South Korean star birdied the 14th and 15th holes to jump ahead of Canadian Brooke Henderson and finished with a birdie on 18. — Andrew Seligman, chicagotribune.com, "So Yeon Ryu pulls away for 3-stroke lead in Women's PGA at Kemper Lakes," 30 June 2018 The Zionsville senior was hoping to birdie a few of her final holes but parred on each of her last five to finish with a 70. — Robby General, Indianapolis Star, "Zionsville golfer Annabelle Pancake keeps up family tradition, has Crooked Stick rooting for her at U.S. Women's Amateur," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'birdie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for birdie
birdie
noun
English Language Learners Definition of birdie
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a small bird
golf
: a score of one stroke less than par on a hole
birdie
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of birdie (Entry 2 of 2)
: to score a birdie on (a hole in golf)
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