/ˌpikəˈniz,-ˈnis;especially for 2–5 alsoˌpikɪŋˈiz,-ˈis/Show Spelled[pee-kuh-neez,-nees;especially for 2–5 alsopee-king-eez,-ees]Show IPAnoun, plural Pe·king·ese for 1, 4,adjective
noun
1.
one of a Chinese breed of small dogs having a long, silky coat.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.