1 : a large wild or domesticated bird (_Columba livia_) with a stout body, small head, and moderately long pointed wings: such as
a : any of numerous varieties often having strikingly marked iridescent plumage that are kept for show or used as homing pigeons
b : a wild cliff-inhabiting pigeon of Europe, North Africa, and Asia with a bluish-gray body, darker wings with two black bars, and a white rump and tail
2 : a person who is easily deceived or cheated : DUPE, FOOL
3 : SQUAB
4 : a simpleton
Pigeon verb
pi·geon | \ ˈpi-jən \
pigeoned; pigeoning; pigeons
Definition of pigeon
transitive verb
1 : to cheat or trick
2 : CLASSIFY, SORT
Examples of pigeon in a sentence
* Dozens of varieties of pigeons are kept by breeders for show and as racing homers.
* I feel like a pigeon being tricked by a magic show.
* The librarian pigeoned the books according to the Dewey Decimal System.
Origin of pigeon
Middle English pigeoun, from Anglo-French pijon, from Old French pijon, pijoun, from Vulgar Latin pipiōnem (stem of pipiōn-), from Latin pipiō, from imitative Latin pipīre, to peep, chirp