birdie

noun

/ˈbɜː.di/UK/ˈbɝ.di/US/ˈbɜː.di/

Etymology

From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.

1
A bird
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?
- 'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.
2
The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
- He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
- 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.
A shuttlecock.
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1. A penis.
2. An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
3. A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
4. A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.
5. 8
  To score a birdie.
  - Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
6. 9
  To score a birdie at (a hole).
  - Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
7. 10
  A female given name from English.
  - “Don't call me Beatrice, Leam. I don't like Beatrice and I told you so before.” He acted contrite. “I'm sorry, Birdie.”
  - Meet Birdie Dunlop - Evers . Or Bridget Elspeth Veronica Dunlop - Evers , to give her her full name . Born in Gloucestershire in April 1964.
8. A name for any (small) bird. (1999
  A name for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA