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Birdie vs Shu - What's the difference?

birdie | shu |

As nouns the difference between birdie and shu

is that birdie is (diminutive) a bird; a birdling while shu is .

As a verb birdie

is (golf) to score a birdie.

birdie

English

Noun

(s)
  • (diminutive) A bird; a birdling.
    • Aw, that's a cute little birdie . Is it a budgie?
  • (golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.
    • He scored ten birdies during the tournament.
  • (badminton) A shuttlecock.
  • (electronics) An electromagnetic signal generated from within an electronic device.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle finger.
  • A certain rude gesture in some countries, formed with the middle and index fingers.

    • Synonyms

    * (diminutive for bird)

    Related terms

    * watch the birdie

    See also

    * (golf) albatross, bogey, double bogey, eagle

    Verb

    (d)
  • (golf) To score a birdie.
    • Sörenstam birdied to take the lead.
  • (golf) To score a birdie.
    • Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shu

    English

    Noun

  • (Canada)

    • Synonyms

    * (security housing unit or special handling unit) administrative segregation, AdSeg, block (UK), cooler (UK), hotbox, hole, lockdown, pound, SCU, solitary confinement