"cadge" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kæd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cadge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cadges [plural]
Rhymes: -ædʒ Etymology: Likely a corruption of cage. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cadge (plural cadges)
  1. (falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale. Translations (falconry: a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale): rama [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-noun-PGfsL7Pd Categories (other): Falconry, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 4 7 13 22 17 24 Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /kæd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cadge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cadges [present, singular, third-person], cadging [participle, present], cadgin [participle, present], cadged [participle, past], cadged [past]
Rhymes: -ædʒ Etymology: From Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), probably from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”), kǫgurbarn (“swaddled child”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|caggen|t=to tie, fasten, bind}} Middle English caggen (“to tie, fasten, bind”), {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse, {{cog|non|kǫgurr|t=quilt}} Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”) Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+,cadgin}} cadge (third-person singular simple present cadges, present participle cadging or cadgin, simple past and past participle cadged)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To tie, fasten. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-gOWHL1i4
  2. (Geordie) To beg. Tags: Geordie Translations (to beg): прося (prosja) (Bulgarian), žebrat [imperfective] (Czech), somrovat [imperfective] (Czech), loudit [imperfective] (Czech), schnorren (German), kunyerál (Hungarian), tarhál (Hungarian), lejmol (Hungarian), pati (Māori), whakapati (Māori), pīnono (Māori), kaimātai (Māori), żebrać [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-w4RNgpc0 Categories (other): Geordie Disambiguation of 'to beg': 0 85 15
  3. (US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do. Tags: UK, US, slang Translations (slang: to obtain something by wit or guile): vyloudit [perfective] (Czech), ritselen (Dutch), legombol (Hungarian), szerez (Hungarian), rutu (Māori), pīnono (Māori), pīnene (Māori), wycyganiać [imperfective] (Polish), wycyganić [perfective] (Polish), wykusić [perfective] (Polish), wyłudzać [imperfective] (Polish), wyłudzić [perfective] (Polish), выманить (vymanitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), mendigar (Spanish), suplicar (Spanish), gorronear (Spanish), mangonear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-p3QlV8Ms Categories (other): American English, British English, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 4 7 13 22 17 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 10 33 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 29 48 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 31 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 24 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 20 26 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 26 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 26 52 Synonyms: scrounge, bum, beg, blag [Britain], bum, cadge, leech, mooch, mump, scrounge, scunge, sponge, tap, wheedle Disambiguation of 'slang: to obtain something by wit or guile': 1 0 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cadger, codger, on the cadge
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /kæd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cadge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cadges [present, singular, third-person], cadging [participle, present], cadgin [participle, present], cadged [participle, past], cadged [past]
Rhymes: -ædʒ Etymology: Likely a corruption of cage. Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+,cadgin}} cadge (third-person singular simple present cadges, present participle cadging or cadgin, simple past and past participle cadged)
  1. To carry hawks and other birds of prey. Translations (to carry hawks): nosić [imperfective] (Polish), nieść [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-BYUiD5gG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 2 3 13 31 17 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 2 5 5 35 18 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 2 4 10 35 17 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 4 7 13 22 17 24 Disambiguation of 'to carry hawks': 70 22 8
  2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-hfhnctkt Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 4 7 13 22 17 24
  3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-cadge-en-verb-uFcGlp3G Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 4 5 6 21 24 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 4 7 13 22 17 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 5 8 11 20 20 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Cadging on the fly is a profitable occupation in the vicinity of bathing places, and large towns. A person of this description frequently gets many shillings in the course of the day",
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        "(Geordie) To beg."
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          "sense": "to beg",
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          "sense": "to beg",
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          "lang": "Māori",
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          "lang": "Māori",
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          "sense": "to beg",
          "word": "pīnono"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
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          "sense": "to beg",
          "word": "kaimātai"
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          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "to beg",
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          "word": "żebrać"
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          "text": "Are ye gannin te cadge a lift of yoer fatha?",
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          "ref": "1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 2:",
          "text": "They moved about the bar incessantly, cadging cigarettes and drinks, with something behind their eyes at once terribly vulnerable and terribly hard.",
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        {
          "text": "1960, Lionel Bart, “Food, Glorious Food,” song from the musical Oliver!\nThere’s not a crust, not a crumb can we find,\ncan we beg, can we borrow, or cadge […]"
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      "id": "en-cadge-en-verb-p3QlV8Ms",
      "links": [
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        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "guile",
          "guile"
        ],
        [
          "convince",
          "convince"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, UK, slang) To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scrounge"
        },
        {
          "word": "bum"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "beg"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "blag"
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        {
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          "word": "bum"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "cadge"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "leech"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "mooch"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "mump"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "scrounge"
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        {
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          "word": "scunge"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "sponge"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "tap"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:scrounge",
          "word": "wheedle"
        }
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "vyloudit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "ritselen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "hu",
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          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "legombol"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "lang_code": "hu",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "szerez"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "rutu"
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          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "pīnono"
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        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Māori",
          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "pīnene"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wycyganiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "wycyganić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wykusić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyłudzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyłudzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "vymanitʹ",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "выманить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "mendigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "suplicar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "gorronear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "slang: to obtain something by wit or guile",
          "word": "mangonear"
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}

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  "etymology_text": "Likely a corruption of cage.",
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        "A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale."
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        "(falconry) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "falconry",
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "falconry: a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "rama"
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "falconry: a circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rama"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cadge"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Bulgarian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ædʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ædʒ/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_text": "Likely a corruption of cage.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cadges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadgin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cadged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:cadge."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry hawks and other birds of prey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hawks",
          "hawks"
        ],
        [
          "birds",
          "birds"
        ],
        [
          "prey",
          "prey"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1607, Thomas Walkington, The Optick Glasse of Humors:",
          "text": "Another Atlas that will cadge a whole world of iniuries without fainting.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry, as a burden."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Scotland, dialect) To carry, as a burden."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kæd͡ʒ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædʒ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to carry hawks",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "nosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to carry hawks",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nieść"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cadge"
}

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