birdie

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see also: Birdie

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈbɝdi/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈbɜːdi/

Noun

birdie (plural birdies)

1. (diminutive) A (little) bird; a birdling.

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

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

   He scored ten birdies during the tournament.

3. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
4. (Philippines, slang) A man's penis.
5. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
6. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
7. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

Synonyms

• (diminutive for bird) cocky

Related terms

• watch the birdie

Translations

• French: oiselet, oisillon
• German: Vögelchen, Vöglein, Vögelein, Vogerl (South German, Austrian, colloquial)
• Italian: uccellino
• Portuguese: passarinho
• Russian: пти́чка
• Spanish: pajarito

Verb

birdie (birdies, present participle birdieing; 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.

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Birdie

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Proper noun

1. A female given name.
2. An effective or child's term for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)

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