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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
birdie
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
putt
▪ Woods then holed a birdie putt from six feet to stretch his lead to four.
▪ Your man has a birdie putt, and you are both pleased.
▪ He missed four short ones in a 74 but rolled home a 25-foot birdie putt on the last green.
▪ The only birdie putt he had of any distance was at No. 10, where he holed a 15-foot shot.
▪ Only one of his birdie putts was more than 12 feet as he continued to pepper the pins.
▪ He missed birdie putts at Nos. 14, 16 and 17.
▪ Three birdie putts were from three feet and one from only a foot.
▪ Love made the 20-foot birdie putt from the fringe.
■ VERB
make
▪ But Jacklin was still in a position to make birdie, about 12 feet away.
▪ Besides the eagle, Leonard made four birdies and only one bogey.
▪ I think he'd tried to make a certain birdie but he'd really come unstuck.
▪ I had the luxury of making a mistake and having a chance to make a couple more birdies.
▪ You just keep trying to make birdies.
▪ He made a 10-foot birdie put to close to within one.
▪ He made birdie to open up a four-shot lead I looked at him and winked.
▪ But he made a birdie and two pars coming in, and made the cut by two shots.
miss
▪ Greenside experts saw him miss three birdie opportunities, from six, 10 and 15 feet.
▪ But Irwin missed his birdie attempt and Morgan tapped in a bogey to win.
▪ He missed birdie putts at Nos. 14, 16 and 17.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But Irwin missed his birdie attempt and Morgan tapped in a bogey to win.
▪ But Jacklin was still in a position to make birdie, about 12 feet away.
▪ Do you think he smiled after the birdie?
▪ He had talked Walker into it, and she holed the birdie putt.
▪ It started that great birdie run by Lee.
▪ There, Leonard recorded a birdie and Mickelson had a 3-putt bogey.
▪ Woods, sensing blood, hit a fantastic second from 149 yards that almost went in, leaving him a gimme birdie.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Birdie

Birdie \Bird"ie\, n. A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name.
--Tennyson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
birdie

"little bird," 1792, from bird (n.1) + -ie. As golf slang for "a hole played one under par," by 1908, perhaps from bird (n.) in American English slang sense of "exceptionally clever or accomplished person or thing" (1839).

Wiktionary
birdie

n. 1 (context diminutive English) A bird; a birdling. 2 (context golf English) The completion of a hole one stroke below par. 3 (context badminton English) A shuttlecock. 4 (context electronics English) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device. 5 (context usually preceded by "the" English) A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger. 6 (context usually preceded by "the" English) A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers. vb. 1 (context intransitive golf English) To score a birdie. 2 (context transitive golf English) To score a birdie.

WordNet
birdie
  1. n. (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole

  2. badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, shuttle]

  3. v. to shoot in one stroke under par

Wikipedia
Birdie (Street Fighter)

is a video game character from the Street Fighter series of fighting games by Capcom. He debuted in the first Street Fighter as a non-playable character though later made prominent appearances in the three Street Fighter Alpha games. His first appearance depicted him as a late 1970s tall white British punk rocker, but later reappeared in the Alpha series as a hulking black British punk.

Usage examples of "birdie".

Jay had spotted her, Birdie glared at him, obviously having overheard his disparaging remarks regarding her pet.

Frowning, Birdie thought for several minutes, then smiled brilliantly.

It was no secret, except to Birdie, that very few people enjoyed the company of the hairless canine.

Allison with how sweet and wonderful Pearce had been the night before, shoved her way between Birdie and Taffy.

Without removing his hold on Birdie, Jay waved a crumpled piece of paper at Allison.

Unfortunately, her voice carried to Birdie, who glared at Paige and wailed even louder.

Having never had children, Birdie poured all her love into that little dog.

Peering through the long, narrow window, he saw a smiling hostess leading Birdie toward a booth.

And the apartment he spoke of must be in one of the other apartment houses Birdie owned.

She grabbed his water and barely got a sip down before Birdie and her nephew rounded the corner.

I can get away with more being Birdie Talbot than poor Robbie Tyler ever will.

Ping followed, his bell jingling only once as Birdie carefully shut the door.

The storm moderated a little, and at one I saddled Birdie, and rode four more miles, crossing a frozen creek, the ice of which broke and let the pony through, to her great alarm.

After riding twelve miles I got bread and milk for myself and a feed for Birdie at a large house where there were eight boarders, each one looking nearer the grave than the other, and on remounting was directed to leave the main road and diverge through Monument Park, a ride of twelve miles among fantastic rocks, but I lost my way, and came to an end of all tracks in a wild canyon.

We talked most of that day, and I equipped myself with arctics and warm gloves for the mountain tour which has been planned for me, and I gave Birdie the Sabbath she was entitled to on Tuesday, for I found, on arriving at the Springs, that the day I crossed the Arkansas Divide was Sunday, though I did not know it.