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- [pik]
- /pɪk/
- /ˈpɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pik]
- /pɪk/
Definitions of pic word
- noun plural pic a movie. 1
- noun plural pic a photograph. 1
- noun pic the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point. 1
- noun pic the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring. 1
- abbreviation PIC picture 1
- noun Definition of pic in Technology 1. (hardware) programmable interrupt controller. 2. A graphics language by Brian Kernighan, for textually describing pictures with troff. 3. personal intelligent communicator. 1
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Origin of pic
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; by shortening from picture
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pic
noun pic
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeup — a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- kodak — (dated) A camera: a device for taking still photographs.
Top questions with pic
- how to take a good booty pic?