Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as rodge.

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  • adjective Geordie, Scotland Violent or crazy.
  • noun Geordie, Scotland A fit of rage.
  • verb Geordie To throw a fit of rage.

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Examples

  • I hope it's to do with black-and-white television, because if it's not, and it's simply to hawk hit, I've got the radge on.

    World Cup 2010: Germany v Australia - as it happened 2010

  • A misfield from Morgan gives Ajmal a single, and Shafiq compounds Broad's radge by swivel-pulling the next ball superbly for four.

    The Guardian World News Andy Bull 2012

  • Manchester United fans with the radge on, holding a banner with a slogan directed at Sir Alex Fergus ... hold on ... the club's corporate sponsors

    The Guardian World News Scott Murray 2010

  • Shot Hamish has the radge on because Daddie has sold one of his sheep, and powers straight down the pitch before welting one into the net.

    The Guardian World News Minute-by-minute report 2010

  • And indeed, you'd need a broad imagination to see Jack Wilshere instigating a toe-to-toe radge with, say, Park Ji-Sung.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • Saha stands with the radge on; with the box loaded, that was a terrible delivery.

    The Guardian World News Scott Murray 2010

  • "Oh aye? which team then" was he gonna get chibbed if he said "Heriots" only to find that the radge was actually a Stewarts Melville FP fan?

    Word Magazine - Comments 2009

  • In the scheme of public finance, it is actually a great deal, especially as Glasgow is still rather radge over the demise of GARL.

    unknown title 2009

  • In the scheme of public finance, it is actually a great deal, especially as Glasgow is still rather radge over the demise of GARL.

    unknown title 2009

  • "Oh aye? which team then" was he gonna get chibbed if he said "Heriots" only to find that the radge was actually a Stewarts Melville FP fan?

    Word Magazine - Comments 2009

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  • frequently followed by the c word

    December 29, 2008

  • Radge callipygian?

    December 29, 2008

  • "'Oh, ye think it's nothing, do you, that a man should cheek up to ye in public, like a common radge?'"

    —Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 884

    January 29, 2010

  • Ooh! Is this like a wodge? *hopes*

    January 29, 2010