Pie vs Pip - What's the difference?
pie | pip |
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
(Northeastern US) Pizza.
(figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
* It is easier to get along when everyone, more or less, is getting ahead. But when the pie is shrinking, social groups are more likely to turn on each other.'' — , ''[http://www.newsweek.com/2010/12/04/the-deepest-dangers-facing-the-united-states.html Why It’s Time to Worry] , Newsweek 2010-12-04
(letterpress) A disorderly mess of spilt type.
(cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
(pejorative) a gluttonous person.
A pie chart.
* 1986 , Carolyn Sorensen, ?Henry J. Stock, Department of Education Computer Graphics Guide (page 8)
(slang) The vulva.
* 1981 , William Kotzwinkle, Jack in the Box
* 2010 , W. A. Moltinghorne, Magnolia Park (page 238)
To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
(historical) The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, page 117:
Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
(humorous) Of humans, a disease, malaise or depression.
* , letter to Edward Garnett
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(obsolete) A pippin.
A seed inside certain fleshy fruits (compare stone/pit), such as a peach, orange, or apple.
(US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 612:
(British, dated, WW I, signalese) P in (RAF phonetic alphabet)
One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
(military, public service) One of the stars worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
A spot; a speck.
A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
To get the better of; to defeat
To hit with a gunshot
To peep, to chirp
(avian biology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg
One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment if he is to continue his call.
(finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
As a noun pie
is foot.pie
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), unknown origin.Noun
- The family had steak and kidney pie''' for dinner and cherry '''pie for dessert.
- Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.
- Pies are best for comparing the components of only one or two totals.
- "Yeah, take it off!" "SHOW US YOUR PIE !" The brunette opened the catch on her G-string and let the sequinned cloth slip down, teasing them with it.
- Yeah, some guys like to eat the old hairy pie . Women, too, or so I've heard.
Derived terms
* apple pie * chicken pie * cottage pie * cream pie * cutie pie * easy as pie * have one's fingers in many pies * humble pie * meat pie * mince pie * mud pie * party pie * pie chart * pie floater * pie in the sky * pie-eater * pie-eyed * pie-faced * piehole * pieing * piemaker * piet * pork pie * pot pie * shepherd's pie * steak and kidney pie * sweet as pie * who ate all the piesSee also
* pastie * pastyVerb
(d)- I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) pie, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* piebaldEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.
Anagrams
* English terms with unknown etymologies ----pip
English
(pip)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pippe, from Middle (etyl) pip, from post-classical (etyl) pipita, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I've got the pip horribly at present.
Derived terms
* like a chicken with the pipEtymology 2
Apparently representing a shortened form of pippin, from (etyl) pipin, from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- She sure is a pip , that one. You need company?
Derived terms
* pip emmaEtymology 3
Origin uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 2, above.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (symbol on playing card etc) spotVerb
- He led throughout the race but was pipped at the post.
- The hunter managed to pip three ducks from his blind.