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Definition of birdie noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

birdie

noun
 
/ˈbɜːdi/
 
/ˈbɜːrdi/
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  1. (informal) a child’s word for a little bird
  2. (in golf) a score of one stroke (= hit) of the ball less than par (= the standard score for a hole) compare bogey, eagleTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  3. (North American English)
    (also shuttlecock British and North American English)
    the object that players hit backwards and forwards in the game of badminton
    4. Word Originlate 18th cent.: diminutive of bird; the golf term from US slang bird, denoting any first-rate thing.
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