pigeon

IPA: pˈɪdʒʌn

One of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird.
(Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
(countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
(Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
(archaic, idiomatic, UK, informal) Concern or responsibility.
A surname.
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
Two townships in Indiana, in Vanderburgh County and Warrick County.
A village in Winsor Township, Huron County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, named after Pigeon Run.
A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Examples of "pigeon" in Sentences

The story of the passenger pigeon is not yet over.
Now a one-footed pigeon is riding in my tube carriage.
This last came by carrier pigeon from the Fuhrer Bunker.
RUCerious, desert pigeon is a member in fine standing with the 101st chairborne.
If the animal, say a pigeon is slaughtered in a humane way for a purpose then hey ho.
Hi Pille, thank you, Im glad you like them, this pigeon is certainly getting his due!
The problem with eating pigeon is what they are made up of - you must know what they eat??!!
Despite being told that the passenger pigeon is extinct, Fibber claims he sees one every day.
He won the House of Commons steeplechase and founded the most celebrated bloodstock line in pigeon racing.
The pulses race with "Report of cat trapped at address in Tameside", only to deflate with the note that the stool-pigeon is a regular nuisance caller.