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pidgeon

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pidgeon.

Editorial note

That was a joke: seeing how a pidgin is a hybrid between two languages pidgeon is a hybrid between two words.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pidgeon gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

Archaic spelling of pigeon. [(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pidgeon.

noun

A surname.

noun

Archaic spelling of pigeon. [(countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.]

Example sentences

1

That was a joke: seeing how a pidgin is a hybrid between two languages pidgeon is a hybrid between two words.

2

The first is true, and you can show this with the pidgeon hole principle.

3

Those aspects are important and shouldn't mean that you pidgeon hole that product into a separate category that takes it out of contention.

4

There's got to be something happening here behind the scenes that leads to this sort of tech-pidgeon English.

5

Paired with a search box operated by carrier pidgeon, this effectively meant what you were looking for didn't exist.

6

No, the tobacco was being served from France, the Brits used British pidgeon carriers to bring the tobacco to Britain.

7

Computers are supposed to make peoples lives easier not pidgeon-hole them into cookie-cutter lives.

8

Everyone tries to pidgeon hole phenomena like this into their own favorite narratives.

9

So who is the pidgeon and who is the catfish in that situation?

10

They can also pidgeon whole you into misunderstanding what is happening though.

11

Has anyone else noticed they spelled pidgin as pidgeon?

12

Should we perhaps have sent the request through anonymized pidgeon?

Quote examples

1

Scary thing is that a lot of people will root for that pidgeon ("Yeah, that pidgeon showed the master who's the boss!").

2

What is with the "Defense of the realm" poster on the right of the War Pidgeon article?

3

Another point (to the grandparent posts): putting Numpy into a "science" pidgeon hole is erroneous.

4

Another case of "Trying to play chess with a pidgeon".

Proper noun examples

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On an unrelated note, a decent percentage of people that search for Domain Pigeon on Google misspell it: 'Domain Pidgeon' (like fridge or ridge)--stupid French etymology.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pidgeon in a sentence?

That was a joke: seeing how a pidgin is a hybrid between two languages pidgeon is a hybrid between two words.

What does pidgeon mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is pidgeon?

pidgeon is commonly used as noun.