25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Birdie \Bird"ie\, noun A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

birdie

noun

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

2: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: {shuttlecock}, {bird}, {shuttle}]

verb: to shoot in one stroke under par
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