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How to pronounce “pigeon”
Hear “pigeon” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for pigeon
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pigeon with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Always Bring Your Whole Self (w/ Heather Havrilesky)
ways that people want to pigeon hole you
- Definition summary
- (countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce pigeon
Always Bring Your Whole Self (w/ Heather Havrilesky)

ways that people want to pigeon hole you
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “pigeon”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (countable) One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird.
- (countable, Canada, US, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
- (countable, politics) A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
- (countable) A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
- (countable, Australia, military slang) A weak or useless person.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To deceive with a confidence game.
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