I. bird ‧ ie 1 /ˈbɜːdi $ ˈbɜːrdi/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . spoken a word meaning a little bird, used especially by or to children
2 . in golf, a score that is one less than ↑ par
3 . American English a small object with feathers that you hit across the net in a game of ↑ badminton SYN shuttlecock British English
II. birdie 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
in golf, to get the ball into the hole in one hit less than ↑ par :
Woods birdied the last two holes.