pic
1 Americannoun
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a movie.
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a photograph.
noun
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the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point.
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the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pic1
First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening from picture
Origin of pic2
< French: literally, prick
Explanation
A pic is a photo or a snapshot. When you're visiting the Statue of Liberty, you might hand your camera to a stranger and ask if they'll take your pic. Use the informal pic as a slang term for picture. Your selfie-obsessed friend might insist on snapping pics of himself everywhere he goes, while your grandma might proudly show of the pics of her grandchildren she keeps in her wallet. You can also call a movie a pic. This word might sound fairly modern, but it's been around since the 1880s — not too long after photography was invented.
Example Sentences
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A youthful, digital version of Kilmer appeared in the trailer for archeological action pic "As Deep as the Grave," telling another character: "Don't fear the dead and don't fear me."
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The quick pic is sometimes even more ignorant, because its perpetrators believe they have some kind of special technique to avoid disturbing other patrons.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
"I was NOT prepared for the placenta pic," wrote one, and another replied: "Placenta and placenta pills were not on my bingo card for today but OK."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Taken together, while the average person might recoil from this pic, it’s not damning of Kennedy’s dental hygiene.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025
I don’t know when he snapped that pic.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
We know all of this because both of them posted pics.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
That pricey pad is also where the “Gossip Girl” alum flaunts her fashion-forward wardrobe on Instagram, and from those pretty pics, we’ve gotten a peek at the rustic-cool spaces.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
They're sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they're just like us.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Vermillio—a service that searches for your likeness around the web—found thousands more fake Smith pics and videos and hundreds of accounts on YouTube, TikTok and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
“Officer Brian Cruise Jr. has been on the force for sixteen years,” the voice-over says, and more pics of him as a cop are shown.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
The collaboration between Billie and the bassiest Echo seems like a direct play for the tweenager room — an assumption bolstered by the frilly boudoir featured in promotional pix for the collab.
From The Verge ● Sep. 22, 2021
“Hey man, Handsome pix and nice to see we matched,” said Mr. Eifert, when he first reached out to him in May, and shared his Instagram handle.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
There’s no pix, only prose — And the ratings disclose That reviewers say: it’s “poor: no graphic.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2019
She hosted a largely respectful debate about prayer on her Twitter feed for most of the night, which ended with an "official call for cute animal pix".
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2015
John Mark is gonna record it all so I can take pix!
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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