Definition of BIRDIE

birdie

Plural: birdies

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
  • A bird; especially, a small and cute one.
  • The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
  • A shuttlecock.
  • A penis.
  • An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

Verb

Verb Forms: birdied, birdieing, birdies

  • To score one stroke under par on a golf hole.
  • shoot in one stroke under par
  • To score a birdie.
  • To score a birdie at (a hole).

Examples

  • Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?
  • He managed to birdie his Words With Friends game, finishing with a remarkably low number of unplayed tiles.
  • He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
  • Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
  • Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.

Origin / Etymology

From bird + -ie.

Synonyms

bird, shuttle, shuttlecock, D, Donkey Kong, John Thomas, Jonathan, Master John Goodfellow, Percy, Yiddish), anaconda, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, cock, colloquial, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dong, donger, doodle, dork, down, fire hose, fuckpole, gherkin, hairy canary, hammer, hog, hoo-hoo, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jigger, jimmy, jock, johnson, joint, joystick, kielbasa, knob, lad, langer, lingam, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love wand, machine, magnum, male member, man-meat, manhood, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meatstick, member, membrum virile, nature's scythe, nob, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, python, ramrod, rape tool, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, snake, snausage, spitstick, stem, stretcher, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingy, third leg, tic tac, todger, tool, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, unit, virile member, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whang, wick, widdler, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, yard, ying-yang

Scrabble Score: 9

birdie: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
birdie: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
birdie: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

birdie: valid Words With Friends Word