pic¹

[pik]

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noun, plural pix

[piks] /pɪks/, pics. Slang.

a movie.
a photograph.

Also pix.

Origin of pic¹

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening from picture

pic²

or pique

[peek]

noun Piquet.

the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point.
the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring.

Compare repic.

Origin of pic²

< French: literally, prick

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Examples from the Web for pic

Contemporary Examples

Each word, from aa to za, gets its own two-page spread with a poem and a pic.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble
David Bukszpan
October 11, 2014
Prince George totters confidently towards the camera in this pic, released to mark his first birthday which falls on Tuesday.
Prince George Walks For First Birthday Pics
Tom Sykes
July 20, 2014
Also, he gave a lame excuse: ‘I couldn't find a pic that expresses both sides.’
Knicks’ Amar’e Stoudemire Posts Pro-Palestine Photo, Allegedly Cyberbullies Israeli-Born MTV VJ
Robert Silverman
July 14, 2014
Variety taps Depardieu's "audacious performance [as] undeniably the pic's chief selling point."
French Political Sex Movie About DSK Sets Cannes Aquiver
Tracy McNicoll
May 17, 2014
The truth is, I feel more than a bit guilty trying to squeeze this endless work into the limits of a single Daily Pic.
Greater Than The Mona Lisa
Blake Gopnik
January 28, 2014

Historical Examples

This bird is described, in natural history, as a genus of the order of Pic.
The Book of Curiosities
I. Platts
I found my pic and saw that it was linked to Van's, Jolu's, and Darryl's.
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow
By jove, Pic, you've got a wonder in that filly, but she'll not beat my fellow.
Fast as the Wind
Nat Gould
One can mount to a summer-house or to the summit of the Pic de Ger.
A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees
Edwin Asa Dix
The natives around the Pic Eleia also speak much the same language.
The Mafulu
Robert W. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for pic

pic

noun plural pics or pix

informal a photograph, picture, or illustration

Word Origin

C20: shortened from picture

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for pic

n.

1884 as a shortening of picture (n.). Short for motion picture from 1936. Colloquial piccy is recorded from 1889.

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pic2

or pique

Origin of pic2

Examples from the Web for pic

Contemporary Examples

Each word, from aa to za, gets its own two-page spread with a poem and a pic.

Prince George totters confidently towards the camera in this pic, released to mark his first birthday which falls on Tuesday.

Also, he gave a lame excuse: ‘I couldn't find a pic that expresses both sides.’

Variety taps Depardieu's "audacious performance [as] undeniably the pic's chief selling point."

The truth is, I feel more than a bit guilty trying to squeeze this endless work into the limits of a single Daily Pic.

Historical Examples

This bird is described, in natural history, as a genus of the order of Pic.

I found my pic and saw that it was linked to Van's, Jolu's, and Darryl's.

By jove, Pic, you've got a wonder in that filly, but she'll not beat my fellow.

One can mount to a summer-house or to the summit of the Pic de Ger.

The natives around the Pic Eleia also speak much the same language.