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Definition of "birdie" []
- Informal A small bird. (noun)
- Sports One stroke under par for a hole in golf. (noun)
- Sports See shuttlecock. (noun)
- Sports To shoot (a hole in golf) in one stroke under par. (verb-transitive)
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Use "birdie" in a sentence
- "Micheel birdied the last two holes he played to finish 3 under par, and on this course, a birdie is almost like skipping a hole."
- "He settled for a tap-in birdie to put the pressure on Mallinger, who made a 5-footer setting up the final scramble."
- "In the final round, he shot 71, including a dramatic chip-in birdie on No. 16, and beat Chris DiMarco on the first hole of a playoff."