- (informal)
a child’s word for a little bird 小鸟（儿语） (in golf 高尔夫球 a score of one stroke (= hit) of the ball less than par (= the standard score for a hole) 小鸟击（比标准杆少一杆入洞） - (North American English) (also shuttlecock British and North American English)
the object that players hit backwards and forwards in the game of badminton 羽毛球
Word Originlate 18th cent.: diminutive of bird; the golf term from US slang bird, denoting any first-rate thing.