pigeon

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

pigeonspidgeon

1.
(countable)One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
Đồng nghĩa: culver, dove
2.
(uncountable)The meat from this bird.
3.
(Canada, US, countable, informal)A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
Đồng nghĩa: dupe, fish, sucker, chump, chumpion, cousin, cull, cully, dupe, dotterel, easy mark, fall guy, fish, gudgeon, gull, juggins, live one, mark, mug, muggins, pigeon, rube, sap, saphead, schlemiel, sheep, simp, Simple Simon, soft touch, steamer, stiff, stooge, sucker
4.
(countable)(countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
5.
(countable)A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
6.
(Australia, countable, slang)(countable, Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
7.
(UK, archaic, countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)Concern or responsibility.
It's their pigeon.

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verb

V_es/s

pigeons

V_ing/Gerund

pigeoning

V_ed/pp

pigeonedpidgeon

1.
(transitive)To deceive with a confidence game.

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Đồng nghĩa

culver dove dupe fish sucker chumpchumpioncousin cull cully dottereleasy markfall guygudgeon gulljugginslive onemark mug muggins

Cùng gốc / liên quan

dove pidgin piper squab squeaker

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from pīpiōnem (chirping bird), derived from Latin pīpiāre (to chirp), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native dove.