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birdie

See also: Birdie

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Old English bridd
Middle English brid
English bird
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English -ie
English birdie

    From bird + -ie.

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    birdie (plural birdies)

    2. (often childish) 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?
      • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 121:
        'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.
    4. (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
      Coordinate terms: buzzard, bogey, par, eagle, albatross, condor, ostrich
      He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
      • 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:
        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.
    6. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
    8. (Philippines, slang) A penis.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
    10. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
    12. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
    14. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

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    birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, simple 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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    Borrowed from English birdie.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbʏr.di/
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    • Hyphenation: bir‧die

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    birdie m (plural birdies, no diminutive)

    1. (golf) birdie

    French

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      Borrowed from English birdie.

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      birdie m (plural birdies)

      1. (golf) birdie

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