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Pigeon pi·geon

Spelling: [pij-uh n]

IPA: /ˈpɪdʒ ən/

Pigeon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in Pigeon (eginop).

Definitions for Pigeon

noun

1. any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails. Compare dove1 (def 1).
2. a domesticated member of this family, as one of the varieties of the rock dove.
3. Slang. a young, usually attractive, girl. a person who is easily fooled or cheated; dupe.
4. Poker Slang. a card, acquired in the draw, that greatly improves a hand or makes it a winner.
5. (not in technical use) pidgin; pidgin English.

Origin of Pigeon

1350-1400; Middle English pejon young dove Middle French pijon Late Latin pīpiōn- (stem of pīpiō) squab, akin to pīpīre, pīpāre to chirp

Examples for Pigeon

The Queen, who has a pigeon loft with about 250 birds, is patron of the Royal pigeon Racing Association (RPRA).

She is not so infallible a markswoman, but that she might shoot at a crow and kill a pigeon.

This, however, was before I had brought the pigeon Charmer into the car.

Another notable region is nicknamed “pigeon Valley” for the thousands of bird nesting holes dug into the pliable rock.

Pies may be made of any of these birds in the same manner as a pigeon pie.

Do you follow gently, and if there be a pigeon in the pot in all Germany.

For her inaugural menu, she planned crayfish with mayonnaise, pigeon with peas, and an apple brioche flambéed in rum.

The figure represents the back of the pigeon; and the direction of the knife is in the line c, b, by a, if done the last way.

The Saudis were salivating for North American birds, and Mr. Galbraith's pigeon King enterprise would satisfy the hunger.

One of the first stories I ever did for The Times Magazine was about pigeon control “pigeon Wars.”