A simplified type of speech that is usually a mixture of two or more languages, has a rudimentary grammar and vocabulary, is used for communication between groups speaking different languages, and is not spoken as a first or native language: The explorer in the desert learned to speak a pidgin form of the national dialect so he could communicate with those who lived there.

1. An easy target, often in the context of exploitation: Henry flashed his money around in such a manner that it made him a pigeon for thieves.
2. A bird characterized by having a stout body, short legs, and smooth, solid, compact feathers: There is a handsome black and white pigeon that comes to eat birdfood every day in Ronda's backyard.