pigeon

CEFRB1

/ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A common bird with a small head and rounded body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.

Examples

  • In other words, the field of the magnet is near the pigeon's head.

  • In the evening my pigeon returned to me wounded seriously.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The meat from this bird.

  2. One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.

  3. A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.

More examples

In context

  • The pigeon and the ostrich are both birds; one can fly and the other cannot.

  • It's their pigeon.

  • Kalb rushed to the airport and found a "pigeon" to take out the film: an American woman headed for London.

Synonyms

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A gray blank with red eyes pecked at bread crumbs on the ground.

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Origin

noun

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