radge

comparative more radge · comparative radger · superlative most radge · superlative radgest

1. CumbriaGeordieScotlandYorkshireViolent or crazy.

   That fight last night was radge

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   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. Geordieamazing or stupendous.

   Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

plural radges

1. GeordieScotlandYorkshireA fit of rage.

   He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.

   He threw a real tantrum when I told him.

2. GeordieScotlandderogatoryAn 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

present singular third person radges · participle present radgin · participle past radged · past radged

1. GeordieTo throw a fit of rage.

plural radges

1. UKalternativedialectalAlternative form of rodge (“grey duck”).