This page gathers the 6,610 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “US” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 44 of 66: from “pick 'em” to “polarized”.
- pick 'em noun A tradition or game in which one predicts the winners of a sporting match.
- pick up verb To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
- picketing noun A picket fence.
- pickin' and grinnin' noun Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.
- pickle noun A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
- pickup noun Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- pie noun A pizza.
- piece noun A gun.
- piece of ass noun An act of sexual intercourse, especially a one-night stand.
- pierhead line noun A line in a navigable waterway established by the Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which a pier cannot project.
- pierogi noun A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any…
- pig noun The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- pig in a blanket noun A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.
- pig pile verb To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom.
- pigeon noun A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
- pigger noun A black police officer.
- piggy move up noun An informal game of baseball or softball, without separate teams, in which players take turns playing the different positions.
- pignoli noun pine nuts
- pignut noun Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
- pigs in a blanket noun a dish of ground pork and/or beef cooked in cabbages
- pigskin noun A football.
- pigsticker noun A sled with a pointed front.
- pike noun Clipping of turnpike.
- piker noun A male freshman at Cornell University.
- pill bug noun Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a…
- pimp verb To promote, to tout.
- pimp out verb To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore.
- pimpernel noun A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- pimping adj Puny; sickly.
- pin noun A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for…
- pinch cake noun Any of various quickly-made Texan desserts made from unbaked biscuit dough, with butter (or margarine), sugar, cinnamon or other…
- pinder noun A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- pink sheet noun A memo within an authority containing obiter dicta or somehow avoided statements.
- pink slip verb To terminate the employment of.
- pink tea noun A fashionable formal tea party or other social gathering; specifically, one organized and attended chiefly by women to discuss matters of…
- pinky noun The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.
- pint noun 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
- pinwheel noun A firework that spins in the shape of a spinning wheel.
- pip noun Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- pipe verb To invent or embellish (a story).
- pipelayer noun A politician who works in secret.
- pipeweed noun The desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) which has a straight stem with a swollen portion; formerly some Native American tribes in the Las…
- pissah intj Used to express excitement.
- pissed adj Annoyed, angry.
- pissedness noun Annoyance; anger.
- pisser noun A toilet or urinal.
- pisshead noun A stupid or obnoxious person.
- pitcher noun The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
- Pittsburgh left noun The act of an automobile driver to immediately turn left on the onset of a green light, regardless of the driver's right of way.
- pivot verb To shift a political candidate's messaging during a general election to reflect plans and values more moderate than those advocated during…
- pizza-ghetti noun A spaghetti dish with the typical toppings and sauce of a pizza.
- PJs noun Initialism of projects (“urban housing developments for people with low incomes”).
- placitum noun a legal decision made by a judge or court.
- plain view doctrine noun An exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement that allows an officer to seize evidence and contraband that are found in plain…
- plant noun A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
- planting strip noun The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.
- play along verb To cooperate or go along with a plan.
- play hooky verb To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive…
- play party noun A social gathering at which singing and dancing games are played, frequently held in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American…
- play with a full deck verb To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.
- play-by-play adj Describing a sports commentary in which a commentator describes every action in some detail as it occurs, often assisted by a second…
- playa noun A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
- playbook noun A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
- playoff noun A short series of games to select a league champion.
- plaza noun A strip mall.
- plea bargain verb To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.
- plead the Fifth verb To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves.
- pleb noun A freshman cadet at a military academy.
- plebe noun A freshman cadet at a military academy.
- plebeskin noun Any of various clothing items (blouse, overcoat or trousers) issued to a new cadet at a military academy.
- plenty adv More than sufficiently.
- plop down verb To pay.
- plucked adj Exposed, embarrassed, humiliated, or caught publicly.
- plug noun A flat oblong cake of cured and pressed tobacco; the tobacco that constitutes it.
- plug-ugly noun A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865.
- plum colored adj Of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.
- plumb verb To trace a road or track; to follow it to its end.
- plumber verb To botch or ruin.
- plunk noun A dollar.
- plus factor noun Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action.
- PMEE noun Acronym of prime mission electronic equipment.
- po po noun Grandmother, (especially) one's maternal grandmother.
- poacher noun An American wigeon (Anas americana).
- pocket diaper noun A type of cloth diaper, secured with snaps or velcro, that consists of a waterproof inner and outer layer sewn together, creating a pocket…
- pocket money noun A small sum of cash, carried on the person, for small, daily expenses.
- pocket protector noun A white-collar technical worker such as a scientist or engineer, especially in military and space applications; a nerd or someone with a…
- pocket veto noun A (de facto) veto of a bill by the US President by restricting Congressional action on the bill, as, figuratively, by carrying the bill in…
- pocketbook noun A purse or handbag.
- pocosin noun A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
- podunk adj Small, rural, and unimportant.
- pogo noun A corndog on a stick.
- pogue noun A young, male, passive homosexual.
- point noun An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
- poke noun A lazy person; a dawdler.
- poke the bear verb To deliberately aggravate somebody, especially somebody in a position of power or authority.
- poker noun Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.
- poker machine noun An electronic machine used to play poker.
- pokerish adj unsafe, dangerous
- polarize verb To cause to have a polarization.
- polarized adj Having a distinctive polarization.