1
: any of a widely distributed family (Columbidae, order Columbiformes) of birds with a stout body, rather short legs, and smooth and compact plumage
especially
: a member of any of numerous varieties of the rock dove that exist in domestication and in the feral state in cities and towns throughout most of the world
2
: a young woman
3
: an easy mark : dupe
4
: an object of special concern : accepted business or interest
tennis was not his pigeon
Examples of pigeon in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a confidence man in search of another pigeon
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Olga Lazareva, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
While the pageant top prize went to Miriam Abrahams, who spent a month hand-crafting a papier mâché pigeon ensemble, Meindersma and Erskine still felt like grand prize winners as one of the seven pigeon acts chosen to perform at Pigeon Fest out of hundreds of entries.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Hits from Anderson include an over-the-shoulder Puzzle handbag (a small version sells for $3,850) and surreal styles like a clutch shaped as a pigeon or tomato, and shoes that substitute the heel with nail polish bottles, roses and cracked eggs.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person?
—Olga Lazareva, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
While the pageant top prize went to Miriam Abrahams, who spent a month hand-crafting a papier mâché pigeon ensemble, Meindersma and Erskine still felt like grand prize winners as one of the seven pigeon acts chosen to perform at Pigeon Fest out of hundreds of entries.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 18 June 2025
Hits from Anderson include an over-the-shoulder Puzzle handbag (a small version sells for $3,850) and surreal styles like a clutch shaped as a pigeon or tomato, and shoes that substitute the heel with nail polish bottles, roses and cracked eggs.
—Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Our voices echoed up while, on the roof, pigeons cooed.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for pigeon
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“Pigeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pigeon. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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