(the pill)

  • 51pill — pill1 /pil/, n. 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: Ingratitude is a bitter pill. 3. Slang. a… …

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  • 52pill — noun 1》 a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.     ↘(the Pill) a contraceptive pill. 2》 informal, dated a ball. 3》 informal, dated a tedious or unpleasant person. verb (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its… …

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  • 53pill-pusher — AND pill roller; pill peddler . <a nickname for a physician.> □ That pill peddler charges too much. □ I went to the infirmary, but the pill pusher wasn’t in …

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  • 54The 12.30 from Croydon — infobox Book | name = The 12.30 from Croydon title orig = translator = image caption = 1st edition cover author = Freeman Wills Crofts cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Inspector French genre = Mystery publisher …

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  • 55The Sleeping Cutie — Infobox Television episode Title = The Sleeping Cutie Series =The Munsters Caption = Season =1 Episode =12 Airdate =December 10, 1964 Writer = James Allardice, Tom Adair Director = Norman Abbott Guests = Grant Williams, Walter Woolf King, Gavin… …

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  • 56pill — [[t]pɪl[/t]] n. 1) pha a small tablet or capsule of medicine, usu. designed to be swallowed whole or dissolved in the mouth 2) something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured 3) sts Slang. a tiresomely disagreeable person 4) spo Slang. a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 57pill — I. /pɪl / (say pil) noun 1. a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, to be swallowed whole; tablet. 2. something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured: a bitter pill to swallow. 3. Colloquial a disagreeable, insipid person …

  • 58pill —    1. obsolete the penis    This Scottish/northern English use, from Norwegian dialect, survives in the word pillock, which is commonly used figuratively (and usually in ignorance) as a mild insult.    2. (the) a contraceptive taken orally by… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 59pill*/ — [pɪl] noun 1) [C] a small piece of solid medicine that you swallow with water Syn: tablet vitamin pills[/ex] Did you remember to take your pills this morning?[/ex] 2) the pill [singular] a pill that a woman swallows every day to prevent her from… …

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  • 60pill-popper — AND popper; pill dropper n. nyone who takes pills frequently or habitually. □ Poor Sue is a pill popper. □ I knew she was always ill, but I didn’t know she was a pill dropper. □ The pill popper thought she wouldn’t get hooked …

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