carrier pigeon
carrier pigeon noun: a domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
Noun (1)
carrier pigeon (plural carrier pigeons)
- A domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
- At length, after wheeling his toothpick slowly round and round in the air, as if it were a carrier pigeon just thrown up, he suddenly made a dart at the drawing,1843, Charles Dickens, chapter 21, in Martin Chuzzlewit
- Once on her window-sill Harmony found among the pigeons a carrier pigeon with a brass tube fastened to its leg.1914, Mary Roberts Rinehart, chapter 25, in The Street of Seven Stars
- Synonyms:
- homer, homing pigeon
Noun (2) capitalized: Carrier Pigeon
Carrier Pigeon (plural Carrier Pigeons)
- Alternative form of carrier pigeon.
carrier pigeon meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
carrier pigeon in Arabic
- carrier pigeon
- حَمامَةٌ زاجِلة ḥamāmatun zājila, حَمامٌ زاجِلٌ ḥamāmun zājilun
carrier pigeon in Vietnamese
- carrier pigeon
- bồ câu đưa thư
Examples of carrier pigeon in a sentence
- The supposed fisherman had been sending the enemy information by means of the carrier pigeons.1914 December 11, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, NSW, page 35, column 4:
- Two days after the first U.S. bridgehead had been thrown back at Rapido (see p. 23), a U.S. carrier pigeon winged wearily into its home base in Italy.1944 February 7, “World Battlefronts: Men at War—The Bird”, in Time:
- For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon.2009 July 3, “Brazil: A Cellphone Carrier Is Thwarted”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Dec 2011:
Synonyms of carrier pigeon
Forms of carrier pigeon
| plural | carrier pigeons |
|---|---|
| alternative form | carrier-pigeon |
| plural | Carrier Pigeons |
Questions about carrier pigeon
- What does carrier pigeon mean?
- Carrier pigeon means a domestic pigeon which transports attached messages or very small parcels from the place where it is released to a familiar destination.
- What is carrier pigeon in Arabic?
- Carrier pigeon in Arabic is حَمامَةٌ زاجِلة (ḥamāmatun zājila), حَمامٌ زاجِلٌ (ḥamāmun zājilun). See Carrier pigeon meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use carrier pigeon in a sentence?
- The supposed fisherman had been sending the enemy information by means of the carrier pigeons.
- What part of speech is carrier pigeon?
- Carrier pigeon is a noun.
- What is the plural of carrier pigeon?
- The plural of carrier pigeon is carrier pigeons.
Words near carrier pigeon in the dictionary
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