radge

adj, noun, verb — 5 senses

radge

adj

/ɹæd͡ʒ/

Etymology Dialectal variant of rage.

1

Cumbria, Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire Violent or crazy.

  • 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:
  • That fight last night was radge
2

Geordie amazing or stupendous.

  • Them burgers in the Brandling Villa are pure radge

radge

noun

Etymology Dialectal variant of rage.

1

Geordie, Scotland, Yorkshire A fit of rage.

  • He hoyed a propa radge when a telt him.
2

Geordie, Scotland, Derogatory An 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:

radge

verb

Etymology Dialectal variant of rage.

1

Geordie To throw a fit of rage.

Derived terms
radgepacket, radgie

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