Meaning of pie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of Proto-Indo-European.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, usually
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Piro
3. Magpie.
   obsolete
4. Initialism of public-interest entity.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Initialism of Pan Island Expressway.
   Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Initialism of Paedophile Information Exchange.
   abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
7. A former low-denomination coin of northern India.
   historical
8. Ellipsis of pie-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm.
   historical
10. Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
    countable, uncountable
11. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
12. A pizza.
    Northeastern, US, countable, uncountable
13. Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling
14. A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
    countable, uncountable
15. A pizza
16. The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
17. A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie
18. An especially badly bowled ball.
    countable, uncountable
19. A pie chart.
    countable, uncountable
20. Something very easy; a piece of cake.
    countable, informal, uncountable
21. The vulva.
    countable, slang, uncountable
22. A kilogram of drugs, especially cocaine.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.”

“SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.”

“Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.”

“It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. But when the pie is shrinking, social groups are more likely to turn on each other.”

“Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.”

“Programmers haven't exactly been wild about certain Microsoft policies — such as the price of the OS/2 developer's kit or the fib about how Microsoft Windows code would be pie to translate to the Presentation Manager.”

“"Yeah, take it off!" "SHOW US YOUR PIE!" The brunette opened the catch on her G-string and let the sequinned cloth slip down, teasing them with it.”

“Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie. Women, too, or so I've heard.”

“Did fed time outta town pie flipper / Turn Cristal into a crooked-I sipper”

“My weed smoke is my lye, a ki of coke is a pie / When I'm lifted I'm high, with new clothes on I'm fly”

“I love the cutie pies, never the zootie pies”

“Joe looked as if he thought this talk was like the chattering of a pie.”

“I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.”

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