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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Dialectal variant of rage.
Adjective
radge (comparative more radge, superlative most radge)
- (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Birmingham) Violent or crazy.
2016 July 16, Joanna Morris, quoting Phil Stephenson, “Tinder date lands Darlington man in Turkey amid military coup”, in The Northern Echo, Darlington, UK: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.
- That fight last night was radge
- (Geordie, Gosforth) amazing or stupendous.
- Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge
Noun
radge (plural radges)
- (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire) A fit of rage.
He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.- He threw a real tantrum when I told him.
- (derogatory, Scotland) An angry or violent person.
Verb
radge (third-person singular simple present radges, present participle radgin, simple past and past participle radged)
- (Geordie) To throw a fit of rage.
Derived terms
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Noun
radge (plural radges)
- (UK, dialect) Alternative form of rodge (“grey duck”)
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