Pill

Quick meaning: Pill is a noun meaning (broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

Meaning

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

More Meanings

1. Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
2. (textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.
3. (baseball slang) A baseball.
4. (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
5. (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
6. (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
7. (slang) A comical or entertaining person.

Example Sentences

Jane went on the pill when she left for college.

She got pregnant one month after going off the pill.

I'm tearing down your brooder house / 'Cause now I've got the pill

Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.

Word Forms

• pills
• pilling
• pilled

Synonyms for pill

Depending on context, synonyms include tablet, cap, bobble, crawbeen, fuzzball, lozenge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tablet, lozenge, drug, medication, medicine, painkiller.

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