Dictionary

radge en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹæd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Dialectal variant of rage.

Meanings

1. (Cumbria, Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) Violent or crazy.
   • That fight last night was radge
   • We met for the first time at the airport and ended up in Turkey – I’ve done a lot of radged things in my time but nothing like this. 2016 July 16, Joanna Morris, quoting Phil Stephenson, “Tinder date lands Darlington man in Turkey amid military coup”, in The Northern Echo, Darlington, UK:
2. (Geordie) amazing or stupendous.
   • Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

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Relateds

radgie

radge en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹæd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Dialectal variant of rage.

Meanings

1. (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) A fit of rage.
   • He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.
2. (Geordie, Scotland, derogatory) An angry or violent person.
   • Thir's a desperate, pleading edge tae her voice. What a fuckin radge. 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220:

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Relateds

radgie

radge en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹæd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Dialectal variant of rage.

Meanings

1. (Geordie) To throw a fit of rage.

Forms

Deriveds

radgepacket · radgie

radge en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɹæd͡ʒ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal) Alternative form of rodge (“grey duck”).
   alt of rodge

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