pigeon

/ˈpɪdʒ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈpɪdʒ(ə)n/

pigeon

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

pi - geon -> pigeon

Myanmar meaning

(n) ခို

Full entry

pigeon /'pÇdʒÇn/ n

ခို။ pigeon droppings ❍ The pigeons cooed softly. ❍ a homing pigeon (ie one trained for a sport to fly home after being released some distance away). See also CARRIER PIGEON, CLAY PIGEON, STOOL-PIGEON, WOODPIGEON
❏ one's pigeon [IDM ] (Brit infml ) မိမိအလုပ်။ မိမိတာဝန်။ မိမိကိစ္စ။ I don't care where the money comes from—that's not my pigeon.
❏ pigeon-hole n စာရွက်စာတမ်းများကို အရာဌာနအလိုက် ခွဲထည့်နိုင်ရန် အခန်းကန့်ထားသော မျက်နှာစာပါသည့် ဒေါင်လိုက် ဘောင်။ ခိုအိမ်အကန့်။ The hotel clerk put the note in her pigeon-hole.
v
၁။ ပုံသေကားကျ အမျိုးအစားတစ်ရပ်ရပ် သတ်မှတ်သည်။ a writer that the critics could not pigeon-hole.
၂။ အကန့်အသတ်မရှိ ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းထားလိုက်သည်။ [ဗန်း] ခေါက်ထား သည်။ The scheme was pigeon-holed after a brief discussion.

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pigeon /'pÇdʒÇn/ n ခို။ pigeon droppings
The pigeons cooed softly.

Synonyms

mark, easy target, dupe, chump, sap, sitting duck, sucker, another's action boob, babe in woods, bamboozle, boob, burn, butt, byword, can-carrier, canary, casualty, caught, cheat, chicken, chisel, chopping block, cinch, clay pigeon, clip, clown, con, cozen, creature, deceive, defraud, derision, discriminate against, dolt, domesticated bird, doormat, duck, dummy, easy make, easy mark, easy pickings, easy touch, easy victim, endangered, exploit, exposed, fall guy, fatality, fink, fish, fleece, flimflam, flunky, fool, fowl, gambit, game, geese, goat, goose, gopher, grouse, gudgeon, gull, gullible person, hands tied, have it in for, helpless, hen, hireling, hoax, hoodwink, hunted, idiot, immolate, immolation, in line of fire, indefensible, informant, informer, injured party, innocent, instrument, jay, jerk, jestee, joke, lackey, lamb, lamb to the slaughter, laughingstock, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, martyr, mug, naked, nitwit, on the line, on the spot, open, out on limb, partridge, patsy, pawn, persecute, pheasant, pick on, poor, powerless, prey, prey on, preyed upon, prize sap, pullet, puppet, pushover, quail, quarry, rat, rooster, rope in, sacrifice, scapegoat, schlemiel, schmuck, scorn, screw, set up, setup, simpleton, sitting target, snitch, snow, soft touch, softie, sport, stack the deck, stiff, sting, stooge, stoolie, stupid person, subject, sufferer, swindle, take advantage of, target, third ear, tool, toy, traitor, trick, trusting soul, turkey, unarmed, underdog, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek, use

Antonyms

aid, assist, be honest, brain, cognizant, criminal, culprit, give, help, powerful, protect, strong

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