Definitions for pigeon
ˈpɪdʒ ənpi·geon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pigeonnoun

   wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pigeonnoun

   One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.

2. pigeonnoun

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

3. pigeonverb

   to deceive with a confidence game

4. Etymology: pyjon, from pipionem, accusative singular of pipio, from pipio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pigeonnoun

   A fowl bred in cots or a small house: in some places called dovecote.

   Etymology: pigeon, Fr.

   This fellow picks up wit as pigeons peas. William Shakespeare.

   A turtle, dove and a young pigeon. Gen. xv. 9.

   Perceiving that the pigeon had lost a piece of her tail, through the next opening of the rocks rowing with all their might, they passed safe, only the end of their poop was bruised. Walter Raleigh.

   Fix’d in the mast, the feather’d weapon stands,
   The fearful pigeon flutters in her bands. Dryden.

   See the cupola of St. Paul’s covered with both sexes, like the outside of a pigeon-house. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   This building was design’d a model,
   Or of a pigeon-house or oven,
   To bake one loaf, or keep one dove in. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pigeon

   Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily feed on seeds, fruits, and plants. The family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. The family contains 344 species divided into 50 genera. Thirteen of the species are extinct.In English, the smaller species tend to be called "doves" and the larger ones "pigeons". However, the distinction is not consistent, and does not exist in most other languages. Historically, the common names for these birds involve a great deal of variation among the terms. The bird most commonly referred to as just "pigeon" is the domestic pigeon, which is common in many cities as the feral pigeon. Doves and pigeons build relatively flimsy nests, often using sticks and other debris, which may be placed on branches of trees, on ledges, or on the ground, depending on species. They lay one or (usually) two white eggs at a time, and both parents care for the young, which leave the nest after 25–32 days. Unfledged baby doves and pigeons are called squabs and are generally able to fly by 5 weeks of age. These fledglings, with their immature squeaking voices, are called squeakers once they are weaned or weaning. Unlike most birds, both sexes of doves and pigeons produce "crop milk" to feed to their young, secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pigeon

   A pigeon is a type of bird, commonly known for its stout body, short neck, and small head. They are found in almost every area of the world and are particularly recognized for their ability to return to their nest, no matter how far they have been transported away, making them historically useful as message carriers. Pigeons often have soft, grayish feathers but can come in different colors, patterns, and sizes, depending on the species. Most species of pigeons have a diet mainly comprised of seeds and fruit.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pigeonnoun

   any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world

2. Pigeonnoun

   an unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull

3. Pigeonverb

   to pluck; to fleece; to swindle by tricks in gambling

4. Etymology: [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. Peep to chirp.]

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1. Pigeon

   Pigeon is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,208 at the 2010 census. The village is within Winsor Township.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pigeon

   pij′un, n. a well-known bird, the dove: any bird of the dove family.—adjs. Pig′eon-breast′ed, having a physical deformity, due to rickets, in which the chest is flattened from side to side, and the sternum or breast-bone is thrown forward; Pig′eon-heart′ed, timid: fearful.—n. Pig′eon-hole, a hole or niche in which pigeons lodge in a dovecot: a division of a case for papers, &c.—v.t. to put into a pigeon-hole: to lay aside and treat with neglect.—n. Pig′eon-house, a dovecot.—adj. Pig′eon-liv′ered, timid: cowardly.—n. Pig′eonry, a place for keeping pigeons.—adj. Pig′eon-toed, having feet like pigeons, peristeropod: having turned-in toes. [Fr.,—L. pipio, -onis—pipīre, to chirp.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pigeon

   A type of bird.

   There are over 300 different varieties of pigeon across the world and are a variety of colors.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 6, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PIGEON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pigeon is ranked #17087 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pigeon surname appeared 1,661 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Pigeon.
   
   81.7% or 1,357 total occurrences were White.
   10.5% or 175 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.2% or 54 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.8% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Columbiform Bird

How to pronounce pigeon?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pigeon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pigeon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pigeon in a Sentence

1. Jim Hightower:

   The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

2. Swiss Major General Urs Gerber:

   Since May 1995, they've never emptied that pigeon hole, their argument is they can't take mail from an organization which doesn't exist.

3. Noam Chomsky:

   Suppose that humans happen to be so constructed that they desire the opportunity for freely undertaken productive work. Suppose that they want to be free from the meddling of technocrats and commissars, bankers and tycoons, mad bombers who engage in psychological tests of will with peasants defending their homes, behavioral scientists who can't tell a pigeon from a poet, or anyone else who tries to wish freedom and dignity out of existence or beat them into oblivion.

4. Perrin Anderson:

   Debris and vehicles washed downstream in the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River from the campground.

5. Georgina Burke:

   Plus-size models are the exact same as the standard model, we are just on grander scale so why pigeon hole us by putting a label on it?!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pigeon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pigeon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pigeon
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pigeon
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pigeon
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pigeon
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html