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 Definitions of pigeon  [ˈpɪdʒ ən]  

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Definition of 'pigeon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pigeon
any bird of the family Columbidae, having a plump body and small head, esp. the larger species with square or rounded tails.

2.  pigeon
Slang.

3.  pigeon
a girl or young woman.

4.  pigeon
a person who is easily fooled or cheated.

Etymology:  (1720–30, Amer.)

Definition of 'pigeon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pigeon
wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs


Definition of 'pigeon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) pigeon
a gray or brown bird often found in cities


Definition of 'pigeon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) pigeon
any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world

2. (noun) pigeon
an unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull

3. (verb) pigeon
to pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling


Translation of 'pigeon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of several kinds of bird of the dove family.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: duif Arabic flag Arabic: حَمامَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гълъб
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pombo Czech flag Czech: holub German flag German: die Taube
Danish flag Danish: due Greek flag Greek: περιστέρι Spanish flag Spanish: paloma
Estonian flag Estonian: tuvi Farsi flag Farsi: کبوتر Finnish flag Finnish: kyyhky
French flag French: pigeon Hebrew flag Hebrew: יוֹנָה Hindi flag Hindi: कबूतर
Croatian flag Croatian: golub Hungarian flag Hungarian: galamb Indonesian flag Indonesian: merpati
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dúfa Italian flag Italian: piccione Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 비둘기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: karvelis Latvian flag Latvian: balodis
Malay flag Malay: burung merpati Dutch flag Dutch: duif Norwegian flag Norwegian: due
Polish flag Polish: gołąb Persian flag Persian: کبوتر Pashto flag Pashto: كوتره، ساده، بيړا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pombo Romanian flag Romanian: porumbel Russian flag Russian: голубь
Slovak flag Slovak: holub Slovenian flag Slovenian: golob Serbian flag Serbian: golub
Swedish flag Swedish: duva Thai flag Thai: นกพิราบ Turkish flag Turkish: güvercin
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鴿子 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: голуб Urdu flag Urdu: کبوتر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chim bồ câu Chinese flag Chinese: 鸽子

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