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radge

/ɹæd͡ʒ/

radge adjective: violent or crazy. Also the alternative form of rodge.

Adjective

radge (comparative more radge or radger, superlative most radge or radgest)

  1. (Cumbria, Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) Violent or crazy.
    • We met for the first time at the airport and ended up in Turkey – I’ve done a lot of radged things in my time but nothing like this.2016 July 16, Joanna Morris, quoting Phil Stephenson, “Tinder date lands Darlington man in Turkey amid military coup”, in The Northern Echo, Darlington, UK
    • That fight last night was radge
  2. (Geordie) amazing or stupendous.
    • Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

Noun

radge (plural radges)

  1. (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) A fit of rage.
    • He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.
  2. (Geordie, Scotland, derogatory) An angry or violent person.
    • Thir's a desperate, pleading edge tae her voice. What a fuckin radge.1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220

Verb

radge (third-person singular simple present radges, present participle radgin, simple past and past participle radged)

  1. (Geordie) To throw a fit of rage.

Also used as

radge is also the alternative form of rodge.

Forms of radge

Adjective
comparativemore radge
comparativeradger
superlativemost radge
superlativeradgest
Noun
pluralradges
Verb
third-person singular presentradges
present participleradgin
past participleradged
pastradged

Origin of radge

Dialectal variant of rage.

Words formed from radge

Words that rhyme with radge

Questions about radge

What does radge mean?
Radge means violent or crazy.
What part of speech is radge?
Radge can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce radge?
Radge is pronounced /ɹæd͡ʒ/.

Words near radge in the dictionary

  1. Radev
  2. radfem
  3. radfems
  4. Radford
  5. Radfords
  6. radge
  7. radged
  8. radgepacket
  9. radgepackets
  10. radger
  11. radges

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