"pidge" meaning in English

See pidge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɪdʒ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pədʒ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-pidge.ogg Forms: pidges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Etymology: Clipping of pigeonhole. First attested in the early 2000s; the verb is attested earlier than the noun. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pigeonhole}} Clipping of pigeonhole, {{etydate|early 2000s}} First attested in the early 2000s Head templates: {{en-noun}} pidge (plural pidges)
  1. (Oxbridge slang) A pigeonhole.
    Sense id: en-pidge-en-noun-TLkvsQJS Categories (other): Universities, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 6 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 7 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 5 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɪdʒ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pədʒ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-pidge.ogg Forms: pidges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Etymology: Clipping of pigeon. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pigeon}} Clipping of pigeon Head templates: {{en-noun}} pidge (plural pidges)
  1. (informal, endearing) A pigeon. Tags: endearing, informal
    Sense id: en-pidge-en-noun-m3Ar9ee7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /pɪdʒ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pədʒ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-au-pidge.ogg Forms: pidges [present, singular, third-person], pidging [participle, present], pidged [participle, past], pidged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪdʒ Etymology: Clipping of pigeonhole. First attested in the early 2000s; the verb is attested earlier than the noun. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pigeonhole}} Clipping of pigeonhole, {{etydate|early 2000s}} First attested in the early 2000s Head templates: {{en-verb}} pidge (third-person singular simple present pidges, present participle pidging, simple past and past participle pidged)
  1. (transitive, Oxbridge slang) To post (something) in a pigeonhole. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-pidge-en-verb-FnEAfBg- Categories (other): Universities
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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