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Meaning:

initialism:

  • linguistics Proto-Indo-European ''(the protolanguage of most modern European and Indic languages)''

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Noun:

  • A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling.
  • cricket An especially badly bowled ball.
  • Northeastern US Pizza.
  • Extended to other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
  • historical The smallest unit of currency in South Asia, equivalent to 1/192 of a Rupee or 1/12 of an anna.
  • letterpress A disorderly mess of spilt type.
  • obsolete Magpie.

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Verb:

  • transitive To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
  • transitive To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

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