pill

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pill definition


  1. n.
    the pilla birth control pill. (Always with the in this sense.) : The pill has really changed my life.
  2. n.
    a tobacco cigarette; a marijuana cigarette. : I'll trade you a pill for a match.
  3. n.
    a drug in capsule form. : The doctor prescribed these pills.
  4. n.
    a football. : Fred kicked the pill through the goal and won the game.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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pill

see bitter pill to swallow; sugar the pill.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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