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pill



Pronunciation: (pil), [key]
—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 tiresomely disagreeable person.
4. Sports Slang.a ball, esp. a baseball or golf ball.
5. the pill.See birth-control pill.
6. pills, Brit. Slang.billiards.

—v.t.
1. to dose with pills.
2. to form or make into pills.
3. Slang.to blackball.

—v.i.
to form into small, pill-like balls, as the fuzz on a wool sweater.

pill



Pronunciation: (pil), [key]
—v.t., v.i.
1. Brit. Dial.to peel.
2. Obs.to become or cause to become bald.

pill



Pronunciation: (pil), [key]
—v.t. Archaic.
to rob, plunder, or pillage.

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