P's

Variant of p

p definition

p or P (pē)

noun pl. P's, p's

  1. the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek pi, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (p) of peace
  3. a type or impression for p or P
  4. the sixteenth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of p or P
  2. sixteenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
p Idioms

mind

or watch one's p's and q's
to be careful of one's words and actions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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