pidge

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɪdʒ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /pədʒ/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒ === Etymology 1 === Clipping of pigeonhole. First attested in the early 2000s; the verb is attested earlier than the noun. ==== Noun ==== pidge (plural pidges) (Oxbridge slang) A pigeonhole. ==== Verb ==== pidge (third-person singular simple present pidges, present participle pidging, simple past and past participle pidged) (transitive, Oxbridge slang) To post (something) in a pigeonhole. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of pigeon. ==== Noun ==== pidge (plural pidges) (informal, endearing) A pigeon. === References === “pidge”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. === Anagrams === Gepid