birdien.

Brit.

/ˈbəːdi/, U.S.

/ˈbərdi/

Forms: see bird n. and -y suffix⁶.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < bird n. + -y suffix⁶.With sense 1a compare slightly earlier (etymologically unrelated) burdie n., and compare also later bird n. 13, birdeen n. 2. With sense 2 compare bird n. 18.

a. A humorous or familiar name for: a girl, a young woman. Cf. bird n. 13 and birdeen n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun]

wifeeOE

womaneOE

womanOE

queanOE

brideOE

viragoc1000

to wifeOE

burdc1225

ladyc1225

carlinec1375

stotc1386

marec1387

pigsneyc1390

fellowa1393

piecec1400

femalea1425

goddessa1450

fairc1450

womankindc1450

fellowessa1500

femininea1513

tega1529

sister?1532

minikinc1540

wyec1540

placket1547

pig's eye1553

hen?1555

ware1558

pussy?a1560

jade1560

feme1566

gentlewoman1567

mort1567

pinnacea1568

jug1569

rowen1575

tarleather1575

mumps1576

skirt1578

piga1586

rib?1590

puppy1592

smock1592

maness1594

sloy1596

Madonna1602

moll1604

periwinkle1604

Partlet1607

rib of man1609

womanship?1609

modicum1611

Gypsy1612

petticoata1616

runniona1616

birda1627

lucky1629

she-man1640

her1646

lost rib1647

uptails1671

cow1696

tittup1696

cummer17..

wife1702

she-woman1703

person1704

molly1706

fusby1707

goody1708

riding hood1718

birdie1720

faggot1722

piece of goods1727

woman body1771

she-male1776

biddy1785

bitch1785

covess1789

gin1790

pintail1792

buer1807

femme1814

bibi1816

Judy1819

a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823

wifie1823

craft1829

shickster?1834

heifer1835

mot1837

tit1837

Sitt1838

strap1842

hay-bag1851

bint1855

popsy1855

tart1864

woman's woman1868

to deliver the goods1870

chapess1871

Dona1874

girl1878

ladykind1878

mivvy1881

dudess1883

dudette1883

dudine1883

tid1888

totty1890

tootsy1895

floozy1899

dame1902

jane1906

Tom1906

frail1908

bit of stuff1909

quim1909

babe1911

broad1914

muff1914

manhole1916

number1919

rossie1922

bit1923

man's woman1928

scupper1935

split1935

rye mort1936

totsy1938

leg1939

skinny1941

Richard1950

potato1957

scow1960

wimmin1975

womyn1975

womxn1991

1720 W. R. Chetwood Stock-jobbers i. i. 4 How does my Birdy, your Niece, to Day.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. Christmas 15/1 He is so much too good and too clever for such a foolish birdie as poor little Katrine.

1915 P. MacGill Amateur Army v. 62 ‘Cup of cawfee, birdie!’ he cried,..trying to grip her [sc. the waitress's] hand.

2017 Daily Star (Nexis) 16 Mar. 14 (headline) Elin's not my birdie.

b. A pet name (or a child's name) for: a bird; a little bird.

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the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small

chirper1599

birdling1611

dicky bird1744

birdie1768

birdlet1823

dicky1844

cockyolly bird1857

birdikin1860

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 58 Sweet was the sang, the birdies plaid alang.

1790 R. Burns Scots Musical Museum III. 285 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers.

1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams in Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 198 She sang this baby song. What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day?

a1929 N. Coward Listen to Me in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 125/1 What makes a birdie take A mate and build a nest When Spring is calling?

2005 Loaded July 163/1 Oooh, look at the pretty birdie. Up there in the sky, carrying a little wormy to her chickies.

2. Golf. A score of one stroke under par on a hole; a hole played in one stroke under par. Cf. bird n. 18.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring

half1881

par1887

bird1906

birdie1906

eagle1909

double eagle1925

albatross1932

hole in one1935

bogey1946

double bogey1954

1906 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 4 May 18/3 His card was sadly lacking in ‘birdies’.

1992 Golf Monthly May 9/5 It is bad enough watching two golfers play the same hole over and over again, but it is even worse if the particular hole selected is a tough par-4 which doesn't yield too many birdies.

2015 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 26 July (Herald-Times ed.) b1/4 Sanders was easy, breezy during his steady round of even par, finishing with three birdies..and three bogeys.

3. Badminton. colloquial. A shuttlecock. Cf. bird n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > battledore or badminton > [noun] > shuttlecock

shuttlecocka1529

shuttlea1591

shuttle-corka1627

bird1890

birdie1926

1926 Winnipeg Evening Tribune 5 Mar. (Home ed.) 14/4 A friend of mine describes a Badminton player as a person who can ‘deal the “birdie” a vicious blow and guzzle tea by the bucket.’

1971 Malvern (Iowa) Leader 15 Apr. A badminton volley test, to see how long a couple can hit the birdie back and forward over the net without a mistake.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Aug. c20/5 Sometimes players use two sleeves of birdies in a [badminton] match.

Phrases

P1. a little birdie: a source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Frequently used playfully in a little birdie told me. Cf. bird n. 15.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special

bird1546

relator1607

a little birdie1881

tipster1884

one's spies1955

1881 Osceola (Nebraska) Record 27 Jan. And then they know all about it—For a little birdie tells!

1894 G. Stables On to Rescue i. iv. 54 What little birdie told my mother I ever dreamt of sweethearts?

1936 I. Gershwin The Gazooka in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 250/2 Bing. Yes, Say, how did you know? Ruby. A little birdie told me!

1938 Photoplay July 1/2 A little birdie whispered to me that all is not as merry as a marriage bell between a certain mellowing Park Avenue belle and her brave sailor-boy.

1998 Huron Expositor (Seaforth, Ont.) 18 Mar. 6/3 A little birdie told Rev. that Cassandra Banks turned nine that day and the congregation all clapped for her.

P2. to watch the birdie: to pose for a photograph by looking at the camera. Often in imperative. Now chiefly humorous or said to children.

[So called from the practice in early photography of holding an object (such as a bird) above the camera, to encourage the subject (especially a child) to look up.]

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1911 Puck (N.Y.) 19 Apr. 12/2 Shucks! He moved his head just when I was ready to go—now watch for the birdie.

1917 Photo Era Oct. 186/1 ‘Watch the birdie, now,’ Burson said, in his most soothing tones, as he took up the bulb.

1993 Outdoor Canada Sept. 54 How often does a wildlife photographer get a chance like this? A fine day, good lighting, a clean shot and best of all, a moose that appears completely willing to watch the birdie.

Compounds

General use as a modifier (in sense 2). In quot. 1921 with following numeral specifying the number of shots taken to achieve this.

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1912 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. 11 She won the ‘birdie’ prize by getting the second, eighth, and eleventh holes under par.

1921 Glasgow Herald 14 Sept. 10 Brown squared with a ‘birdie’ 3 at the second.

1977 Washington Post 3 Sept. d7/4 Irwin and Weiskopf..had to roll in 25-foot birdie putts at the 18th in the last twosome of the day.

1993 Sky Aug. 96/1 Tway stole the title..with..a spectacular birdie blast from the sand of a greenside bunker.

2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 9/3 He shaved the hole with birdie attempts on the 13th, 14th, and 15th.

2015 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Sports section) 50 The third-round leader missed a three-foot birdie putt on 1 and compounded things by missing the five-foot comebacker for an opening bogey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	birdie
释义	birdien. Brit. /ˈbəːdi/, U.S. /ˈbərdi/ Forms: see bird n. and -y suffix⁶. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bird n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < bird n. + -y suffix⁶.With sense 1a compare slightly earlier (etymologically unrelated) burdie n., and compare also later bird n. 13, birdeen n. 2. With sense 2 compare bird n. 18. 1. a. A humorous or familiar name for: a girl, a young woman. Cf. bird n. 13 and birdeen n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 1720 W. R. Chetwood Stock-jobbers i. i. 4 How does my Birdy, your Niece, to Day. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. Christmas 15/1 He is so much too good and too clever for such a foolish birdie as poor little Katrine. 1915 P. MacGill Amateur Army v. 62 ‘Cup of cawfee, birdie!’ he cried,..trying to grip her [sc. the waitress's] hand. 2017 Daily Star (Nexis) 16 Mar. 14 (headline) Elin's not my birdie. b. A pet name (or a child's name) for: a bird; a little bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > [noun] > small chirper1599 birdling1611 dicky bird1744 birdie1768 birdlet1823 dicky1844 cockyolly bird1857 birdikin1860 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 58 Sweet was the sang, the birdies plaid alang. 1790 R. Burns Scots Musical Museum III. 285 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers. 1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams in Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 198 She sang this baby song. What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day? a1929 N. Coward Listen to Me in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 125/1 What makes a birdie take A mate and build a nest When Spring is calling? 2005 Loaded July 163/1 Oooh, look at the pretty birdie. Up there in the sky, carrying a little wormy to her chickies. 2. Golf. A score of one stroke under par on a hole; a hole played in one stroke under par. Cf. bird n. 18. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > scoring half1881 par1887 bird1906 birdie1906 eagle1909 double eagle1925 albatross1932 hole in one1935 bogey1946 double bogey1954 1906 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 4 May 18/3 His card was sadly lacking in ‘birdies’. 1992 Golf Monthly May 9/5 It is bad enough watching two golfers play the same hole over and over again, but it is even worse if the particular hole selected is a tough par-4 which doesn't yield too many birdies. 2015 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 26 July (Herald-Times ed.) b1/4 Sanders was easy, breezy during his steady round of even par, finishing with three birdies..and three bogeys. 3. Badminton. colloquial. A shuttlecock. Cf. bird n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > battledore or badminton > [noun] > shuttlecock shuttlecocka1529 shuttlea1591 shuttle-corka1627 bird1890 birdie1926 1926 Winnipeg Evening Tribune 5 Mar. (Home ed.) 14/4 A friend of mine describes a Badminton player as a person who can ‘deal the “birdie” a vicious blow and guzzle tea by the bucket.’ 1971 Malvern (Iowa) Leader 15 Apr. A badminton volley test, to see how long a couple can hit the birdie back and forward over the net without a mistake. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Aug. c20/5 Sometimes players use two sleeves of birdies in a [badminton] match. Phrases P1. a little birdie: a source of information whose identity the speaker chooses to keep secret. Frequently used playfully in a little birdie told me. Cf. bird n. 15. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > private or special bird1546 relator1607 a little birdie1881 tipster1884 one's spies1955 1881 Osceola (Nebraska) Record 27 Jan. And then they know all about it—For a little birdie tells! 1894 G. Stables On to Rescue i. iv. 54 What little birdie told my mother I ever dreamt of sweethearts? 1936 I. Gershwin The Gazooka in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 250/2 Bing. Yes, Say, how did you know? Ruby. A little birdie told me! 1938 Photoplay July 1/2 A little birdie whispered to me that all is not as merry as a marriage bell between a certain mellowing Park Avenue belle and her brave sailor-boy. 1998 Huron Expositor (Seaforth, Ont.) 18 Mar. 6/3 A little birdie told Rev. that Cassandra Banks turned nine that day and the congregation all clapped for her. P2. to watch the birdie: to pose for a photograph by looking at the camera. Often in imperative. Now chiefly humorous or said to children. [So called from the practice in early photography of holding an object (such as a bird) above the camera, to encourage the subject (especially a child) to look up.] ΚΠ 1911 Puck (N.Y.) 19 Apr. 12/2 Shucks! He moved his head just when I was ready to go—now watch for the birdie. 1917 Photo Era Oct. 186/1 ‘Watch the birdie, now,’ Burson said, in his most soothing tones, as he took up the bulb. 1993 Outdoor Canada Sept. 54 How often does a wildlife photographer get a chance like this? A fine day, good lighting, a clean shot and best of all, a moose that appears completely willing to watch the birdie. Compounds General use as a modifier (in sense 2). In quot. 1921 with following numeral specifying the number of shots taken to achieve this. ΚΠ 1912 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. 11 She won the ‘birdie’ prize by getting the second, eighth, and eleventh holes under par. 1921 Glasgow Herald 14 Sept. 10 Brown squared with a ‘birdie’ 3 at the second. 1977 Washington Post 3 Sept. d7/4 Irwin and Weiskopf..had to roll in 25-foot birdie putts at the 18th in the last twosome of the day. 1993 Sky Aug. 96/1 Tway stole the title..with..a spectacular birdie blast from the sand of a greenside bunker. 2000 Times 7 Aug. (Sport Monday section) 9/3 He shaved the hole with birdie attempts on the 13th, 14th, and 15th. 2015 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 8 Mar. (Sports section) 50 The third-round leader missed a three-foot birdie putt on 1 and compounded things by missing the five-foot comebacker for an opening bogey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). birdiev. Brit. /ˈbəːdi/, U.S. /ˈbərdi/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: birdie n. Etymology: < birdie n. (compare sense 2 at that entry). Golf. transitive. To play (a hole) in one stroke under par. Sometimes also intransitive. 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