Associations to the word «Pill»

PILL, noun. A small, usually cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

PILL, noun. ​ (informal) (uncountable) (definite) (i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.

PILL, noun. (slang) A comical or entertaining person.

PILL, noun. (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.

PILL, noun. (informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.

PILL, noun. (archaic) (baseball slang) A baseball.

PILL, noun. (firearms) (informal) a bullet (projectile)

PILL, verb. (intransitive) (textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.

PILL, verb. To form into the shape of a pill.

PILL, verb. To medicate with pills.

PILL, verb. (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.

PILL, verb. To peel; to make by removing the skin.

PILL, verb. To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.

PILL, verb. (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.

PILL, noun. The peel or skin.

PILL, noun. (now UK regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.

PILL, proper noun. A village in England.

PILL, proper noun. A municipality in Tyrol, Austria.

PILL BUG, noun. (US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, including the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.

PILL BUGS, noun. Plural of pill bug

PILL HILL, noun. An elevated neighborhood where there is a hospital or a large concentration of doctors' homes or offices.

PILL IN THE POCKET, noun. (literally) A pill carried in a pocket of one's clothing such as pants or a coat.

PILL IN THE POCKET, noun. (idiomatic) (medicine) A medication, usually prescribed by a physician, which the patient is to carry with him or her, and which is to be used only under certain conditions.

PILL MILL, noun. (idiomatic) An clandestine operation where a medical worker spuriously offers prescription medications to patients in exchange for bribes and not necessarily for any actual need.

PILL MILLS, noun. Plural of pill mill

PILL REMINDER, noun. A container with separate labeled compartments for a weeks worth of pills.

PILL TO SWALLOW, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see pill,‎ swallow.

PILL TO SWALLOW, noun. Something to be accepted or tolerated.

PILL, noun. Something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size.

PILL, noun. A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet.

PILL, noun. A unpleasant or tiresome person.

PILL, noun. Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take".

PILL, noun. A contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception.