Meaning

7 senses
  1. (childish, often)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?

    Vögelchen, Vöglein, Vögelein

    пти́чкаptíčka, пта́шкаptáška

    пта́шкаptáška

  2. The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

    He scored ten birdies during the tournament.

    (golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole

  3. A shuttlecock.

  4. (Philippines, slang)A penis.

  5. An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.

  6. A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.

  7. A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. A little birdie told me you were there.

    ruСорока на хвосте принесла мне, что ты здесь. — Balamax

  2. The birdies had grown up, and had flown away.

    deDie Vögelein waren groß geworden und entflogen. — Waldelfe

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  3. Yanni is an early birdie.

  4. A little birdie told me.

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  5. You know how to make paper pinwheels? I only know how to make little birdies.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bird, birdling:
Русский
By meaning 1
bird, birdling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bird, birdling:

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Forms

plural: birdies
Singularbirdie
Pluralbirdies

regular

Synonyms

205 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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