plural birdies
1
: a little bird
2
: a golf score of one stroke less than par on a hole compare eagle entry 1
3
: shuttlecock
In Asia, badminton is an obsession … . In one preliminary match in Malaysia, 21,000 people came out to watch the speeding birdie.—
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Noun
I made a birdie on the fifth hole.
I made birdie on the fifth hole.
Verb
She birdied the second hole.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
With birdies on five of the last six holes in regulation, Gotterup took the clubhouse lead and made sure that Scottie Scheffler was not going to steal a win after shooting a Sunday 64 that put him at 15-under.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Matsuyama birdied the par-5 13th despite hitting his drive left into the desert and hit his approach to 3 feet on the 498-yard par-4 14th for another birdie.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Bhatia did enough early with six birdies in seven holes at the start of his round that even going the last 11 holes with two bogeys and no birdies didn't cost him the lead.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
With birdies on five of the last six holes in regulation, Gotterup took the clubhouse lead and made sure that Scottie Scheffler was not going to steal a win after shooting a Sunday 64 that put him at 15-under.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
In blustery, demanding conditions at Atlantic Beach Country Club, Kress birdied four of his final five holes to post a bogey-free 6-under 66 as Florida edged UNC Wilmington by a stroke.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Matsuyama birdied the par-5 13th despite hitting his drive left into the desert and hit his approach to 3 feet on the 498-yard par-4 14th for another birdie.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Birdie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/birdie. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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