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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A comical or entertaining person.
  • A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
  • A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
  • A small portion of a drug or drugs to be taken orally, usually of roughly cylindrical shape, often coated to prolong dissolution or ease swallowing.
  • archaic|baseball|slang A baseball.
  • obsolete A small inlet or creek of a tidal river, especially one with a landing stage or wharf.
  • '''the pill''': A combination of estrogen and progestin in pill form, which functions as a contraceptive.

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Verb:

  • textiles Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
  • obsolete To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
  • obsolete To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
  • To form into the shape of a pill.
  • To medicate with pills.

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