radge

• IPA^(key): /ɹæd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ædʒ

Dialectal variant of rage.

radge (comparative more radge or radger, superlative most radge or radgest)

1. (Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire, Cumbria) Violent or crazy.

   Alternative form: (of a person) radgie

   • 2016 July 16, Joanna Morris, quoting Phil Stephenson, “Tinder date lands Darlington man in Turkey amid military coup”, in The Northern Echo‎^[1], 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

2. (Geordie) amazing or stupendous.

   Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

radge (plural radges)

1. (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.

2. (Geordie, Scotland, derogatory) An angry or violent person.

   Alternative form: radgie

   • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, “Bang to Rites”, in Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 220:

     Thir's a desperate, pleading edge tae her voice. What a fuckin radge.

radge (third-person singular simple present radges, present participle radgin, simple past and past participle radged)

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

• radgepacket
• radgie

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “radge”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

radge (plural radges)

1. (UK, dialect) Alternative form of rodge (“grey duck”).

• grade, garde, Agder, Dager, Edgar, Adger, Degar, EDGAR, raged, Gared, greda, Gerda