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birdie
UK /ˈbɜː.di/ US /ˈbɝ.di/
noun 5verb 2name 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
contrite, cute, early, little, sorry
VERB + BIRDIE
look
Definitions
noun
1
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?
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.
3
A shuttlecock.
4
A penis.
5
An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
verb
1
To score a birdie.
Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
2
To score a birdie at (a hole).
Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
name
1
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.
2
A name for any (small) bird. (1999: Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 130)
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Synonyms
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Idioms & Phrases
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Near-synonyms: birdlet, birdling, birb, cocky
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Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?
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'Listen to th' birdies,' said the child, raising her radiant face to the roof, and at the supreme moment accompanying them in perfect mimicry.
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Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
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Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.
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“Don't call me Beatrice, Leam. I don't like Beatrice and I told you so before.” He acted contrite. “I'm sorry, Birdie.”
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