Related Searches
Nearby Words

pix

 [piks]  

pix

1   [piks]
noun
pyx.
Dictionary.com Unabridged

pix

2   [piks]
noun, plural pix for 2.
1.
a plural of pic1.
2.
pic2.

pic

1   [pik]
noun, plural pix  [piks] , pics. Slang.
1.
a movie.
2.
a photograph.
Also, pix.

Origin:
1880–85; by shortening from picture

pic

2   [peek]
noun Piquet.
1.
the scoring of 30 points in the declaration of hands and in the play before one's opponent scores a point.
2.
the bonus of 30 points won for so scoring.
Also, pique.
Compare repic.

Origin:
< French: literally, prick
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To pix
Collins
World English Dictionary
pix1 (pɪks)
 
—pl n
informal photographs; prints

pix2 (pɪks)
 
—n
a less common spelling of pyx

pyx or (less commonly) pix (pɪks)
 
—n
1.  Also called: pyx chest the chest in which coins from the British mint are placed to be tested for weight, etc
2.  Christianity any receptacle in which the Eucharistic Host is kept
 
[C14: from Latin pyxis small box, from Greek, from puxos box tree]
 
pix or (less commonly) pix
 
—n
 
[C14: from Latin pyxis small box, from Greek, from puxos box tree]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary

pix definition

[pɪks]
  1. n.
    pictures; photographs. : Hold still and let me get your pix taken. Then you can jump around.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
pix
pictures
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Partners:WordBloglinesCitysearchThe Daily BeastAsk AnswersAsk KidsLife123SendoriThesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT
How many words do you know? FIND OUT