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pidge

UK/pɪdʒ/

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New Zealand/pədʒ/

pidge noun: a pigeonhole.

Noun (1)

pidge (plural pidges)

  1. (Oxbridge slang) A pigeonhole.
    • You must hand your assigned work into my pidge at Nuffield by 5pm the Thursday before. Don’t be late.2004, Alberto Behar, Introduction to Microeconomics: Tutorial Pack, Oxford: Worcester College, page 1
    • Toynbee examined the book with interest. 'He said it was put in your pidge?' he said.2014, Emerald Fennell, Shiverton Hall: The Creeper, page 114

Verb

pidge (third-person singular simple present pidges, present participle pidging, simple past and past participle pidged)

  1. (transitive, Oxbridge slang) To post (something) in a pigeonhole.
    • Please pidge your completed application form to the society president.
    • Possibilities to attract new members were: ¶ Pidge every fresher a flyer at the start of next Michaelmas2001, “Finance & General Purpose Committee”, in PostScript, number 327, Oxford University Scout and Guide Group, page 6

Noun (2)

pidge (plural pidges)

  1. (endearing, informal) A pigeon.

Proper noun capitalized: Pidge

Pidge

  1. A unisex nickname.

Forms of pidge

Noun
pluralpidges
Verb
third-person singular presentpidges
present participlepidging
past participlepidged
pastpidged

Origin of pidge

Clipping of pigeonhole. First attested in the early 2000s; the verb is attested earlier than the noun.

Clipping of pigeon.

Words that rhyme with pidge

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Questions about pidge

What does pidge mean?
Pidge means a pigeonhole.
What part of speech is pidge?
Pidge can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pidge?
Pidge is pronounced /pɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of pidge?
The plural of pidge is pidges.

Words near pidge in the dictionary

  1. Pidduck polynomial
  2. Pidduck polynomials
  3. pide
  4. Pider
  5. pides
  6. pidge
  7. pidged
  8. pidgeon
  9. pidgeons
  10. pidges
  11. pidgin

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