birdie

5 definitions • 2 examples

a small bird

in golf, an act of getting the ball into the hole in one shot (= hit) less than par (= the expected number) for that hole

a small, light object with a rounded end to which real or artificial feathers are attached, that is hit over the net in the game of badminton

(in golf) to get a birdie for a particular hole:

He birdied the fifth and the 18th and finished two strokes under par.

(in golf) a score for a hole that is one less than the usual score:

Weir faced a 30-footer for birdie, while Monty had lost his approach right of the green.