different between birdie vs bardie

English

Alternative forms

• birdy (rare)

Etymology

From bird +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?di/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??di/
• Hyphenation: bird?ie
• Rhymes: -??(?)di

Noun

birdie (plural birdies)

1. (diminutive) A (little) bird; a birdling; a child's term for a bird.

   Aw, that's a cute little birdie. Is it a budgie?

2. (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

   He scored ten birdies during the tournament.

3. (badminton) A shuttlecock.
4. (Philippines, slang) A man's penis.
5. (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
6. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
7. (usually preceded by "the") A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

Synonyms

• (diminutive for bird): cocky
• (penis): see Thesaurus:penis

Coordinate terms

(golf):

• buzzard
• bogey
• par
• eagle
• albatross
• condor
• ostrich

Related terms

• watch the birdie

Translations

See also

• (golf): albatross, bogey, double bogey, eagle

Verb

birdie (third-person singular simple present birdies, present participle birdieing or birdying, simple past and past participle birdied)

1. (intransitive, golf) To score a birdie.

2. (transitive, golf) To score a birdie at (a hole).

Anagrams

• Bridie, bridie, ebriid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English birdie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?r.di/
• Hyphenation: bir?die

Noun

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English birdie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bœ?.di/

Noun

birdie m (plural birdies)

1. (golf) birdie

Coordinate terms

• bogey
• eagle
• albatros

English

Etymology 1

From bard +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??di/
• Rhymes: -??(?)di

Noun

bardie (plural bardies)

1. (Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.

Etymology 2

Adjective

bardie (comparative more bardie, superlative most bardie)

1. Rude and insolent; bolshie.

Etymology 3

From Noongar language bardi.

Alternative forms

• bardee
• bardy

Noun

bardie (plural bardies)

1. (Australia) The edible larva of an insect.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter II, pp. 19-20, [2]

     Oh don't you remember Black Alice […] / […] the bardees she gathered, the snakes that she stewed / And the damper you taught her to bake—.

Anagrams

• Beaird, abider, abreid, air bed, airbed