PILL

Pill

Tyrone Rivers, better known by his stage name Pill, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.

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pill

Noun

  1. A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
  2. Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
    Jane went on the pill when she left for college.
    She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.
  3. A comical or entertaining person.
  4. A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  5. A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  6. A baseball.
  7. (informal) a bullet (projectile)

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The peel or skin.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

Verb

  1. Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  2. To form into the shape of a pill.
    Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
  3. To medicate with pills.
    She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  2. To peel; to make by removing the skin.
  3. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
  4. To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.


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