Pie Definition
pī
pies
noun
A baked dish made with fruit, meat, etc., and having either an under crust, an upper crust, or both.
Webster's New World
A layer cake with a filling of custard, cream, jelly, etc.
Webster's New World
A whole that can be shared.
American Heritage
Something extremely good or easy.
Webster's New World
Political graft.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Proto-Indo-European.
Webster's New World
verb
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
Wiktionary
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
Wiktionary
idiom
pie in the sky
- An empty wish or promise:
American Heritage
(as) easy as pie
- extremely easy
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pie
- pie in the sky
- (as) easy as pie
Origin of Pie
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Hindi pā'ī from Sanskrit pādikā quarter from pāt pad- foot, leg ped- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French pie, from Latin pica, feminine of picus (“woodpecker”).
From Wiktionary
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From Hindi पाई (pāī, “quarter”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English, unknown origin.
From Wiktionary
Medieval Latin pīca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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