pie
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
Noun 4 meanings
A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
“The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.”
Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
“Shepherd's pie is made of mince covered with mashed potato.”
A pizza.
A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
Verb 2 meanings
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.”
To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
Etymology
From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain.
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PIE at a glance
PIE has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,152 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pie
All rhymes- HIPPIE13
- MAGPIE11
- SHARPIE12
- GROUPIE10
- YUPPIE13
- GYMPIE14
- CRAPPIE13
- CHAPPIE16
- SPIE6
- WHOOPIE15
- YIPPIE13
- KELPIE12
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