ALL meanings of speak one's piece
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S s - noun speak one's piece a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. 1
- noun speak one's piece a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. 1
- noun speak one's piece a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. 1
- noun speak one's piece a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour. 1
- noun speak one's piece an example of workmanship, especially of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso. 1
- noun speak one's piece a literary or journalistic composition, usually short, in prose or verse. 1
- noun speak one's piece a literary selection for recitation: Each child had a chance to recite a piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece a musical composition. 1
- noun speak one's piece one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole: the pieces of a clock. 1
- noun speak one's piece an individual article of a set or collection: a set of dishes containing 100 pieces. 1
- noun speak one's piece Chess, Checkers. one of the figures, disks, blocks, or the like, of wood, ivory, or other material, used in playing, as on a board or table. (in chess) a superior man, as distinguished from a pawn: to take a rook, a bishop, and other pieces. 1
- noun speak one's piece a token, charm, or amulet: a good-luck piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece an individual thing of a particular class or kind: a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper. 1
- noun speak one's piece an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of workmanship. 1
- noun speak one's piece one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces. 1
- noun speak one's piece Military. a soldier's rifle, pistol, etc. a cannon or other unit of ordnance: field piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece a coin: a five-cent piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece Midland and Southern U.S. a distance: I'm going down the road a piece. 1
- noun speak one's piece Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack. 1
- noun speak one's piece Also called piece of ass. Slang: Vulgar. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a person, usually a woman, considered as a sexual partner: He finally got himself a piece of ass. sexual intercourse: He's always looking for piece of ass. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often followed by out): to piece out a library with new books. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to make by or as if by joining pieces (often followed by together): to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to join together, as pieces or parts: to piece together the fragments of a broken dish. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable. 1
- verb with object speak one's piece to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.: He pieced the story together after a lot of effort. 1
- verb without object speak one's piece Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack. 1
- idioms speak one's piece give someone a piece of one's mind. mind (def 38). 1
- idioms speak one's piece go to pieces, to break into fragments. to lose control of oneself; become emotionally or physically upset: When he flunked out of medical school he went to pieces. 1
- idioms speak one's piece of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also, of one piece. 1
- idioms speak one's piece piece of the action. action (def 23). 1
- idioms speak one's piece piece of work, an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities: She's a nasty piece of work! 1
- idioms speak one's piece speak one's piece, to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not. 1
- noun speak one's piece to vent one's views or opinions 0