pie
- (initialism) . (linguistics) Proto-Indo-European ''(the protolanguage of most modern European and Indic languages)''.
- Noun. A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
- Noun. Extended to other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
- Noun. (context, Northeastern US) Pizza.
- Noun. (figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
- Noun. (letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
- Noun. (cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
- Noun. (pejorative) a gluttonous person.
- Verb. (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
- Verb. (transitive) To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
- Noun. (obsolete) magpie.
- Noun. (historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a Rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
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