Associations to the word «Pill»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery