pink slip
a layoff or termination notice
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pink up
Of a transplanted organ: to acquire a pinkish hue as a result of blood entering it from the circulatory system.
pinking-dindee
A sweater or mohawk. IRISH.
pinnel
Or PENNEL,—corruption of penal servitude. As, "four-year PINNEL."
pinner-up
A seller of old songs, pinned against a wall or framed canvas. Formerly many of these street salesmen carried on their little "paper trade" in London. There are but one or two now left.
pins
Legs. Queer pins; ill shapen legs.
pins and needles
The tingling sensation that comes over a limb when it has been numbed, or
pinta
prison
pip emma
Soldier slang in World War I for P.M. Originally telephonese, as on the phone "twelve pip emma*' cannot be misunderstood, whereas "twelve p.m.** might be. In the same way ack emma stands for A.M.
pip to the post
to be narrowly defeated or surpassed
pipe
To follow or dog a person; to watch, to notice.
pipe down
to become quiet or stop talking
pipe dream
An unrealistic or impossible idea
pipe in
to interrupt or add a comment to a conversation
pipe the eye
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
piper
A broken winded horse.
piper
A person employed by an omnibus proprietor to act as a spy on the conductor.
piping hot
extremely hot, often too hot to handle
piping hot
Hot as water which pipes or sings; hence, new, only just out.
piping times
exciting or prosperous times
piping times of peace
a period of harmony and tranquility
pipkin
The stomach,—properly, an earthen round-bottomed pot—Norwich.
pips
The marks, no matter of what suit, on playing cards. The ace is often called "single PIP."
piscinarians
A club or brotherhood, A.D. 1743.
Piso's Justice
Verbally right, but morally wrong. Seneca tells us that Piso con- demned a man on circumstantial evidence for murder; but when the suspect was at the place of execution, the man supposed to have been murdered appeared. The centurion sent the prisoner to Piso, and explained the case to him; whereupon Piso condemned all three to death, saying, Fiat justitia (Lat., let justice be done).
piss
He will piss when he can't whistle; he will be hanged. He shall not piss my money against the wall; he shall not have my money to spend in liquor.
piss about
To waste time or act foolishly
piss and moan
Complain constantly and annoyingly
piss and vinegar
Full of energy and aggression
piss and whine
Complain constantly and ineffectively
piss around
To waste time or procrastinate
piss away
To waste or squander something, especially money or time
piss in someone's cereal
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or event
piss in someone's cornflakes
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or pleasure
piss in the wind
To do something completely useless or ineffective
piss like a racehorse
to urinate a large amount
piss maker
A great drinker, one much given to liquor.
piss money up the wall
To waste money recklessly or foolishly
piss more than one drinks
to talk more than one listens
piss off
to annoy or anger someone
piss on
to ruin or spoil something
piss on someone's cornflakes
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or event
piss on someone's parade
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or event
piss pot hall
A house at Clapton, near Hackney, built by a potter chiefly out of the profits of chamber pots, in the bottom of which the portrait of Dr. Sacheverel was depicted.
piss prophet
A physician who judges of the diseases of his patients solely by the inspection of their urine.
piss up a wall
To waste time or effort on something futile
piss-burned
Discoloured: commonly applied to a discoloured grey wig.
piss-easy
Very easy.
piss-proud
Having a false erection. That old fellow thought he had an erection, but his--was only piss-proud; said of any old fellow who marries a young wife.
piss-take
An instance of taking the piss.
piss-warm
lukewarm
pisscutter
A side cap.
pissed as a fart
Very drunk.
pissed as a parrot
Very drunk.
pissed off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
pissing pins and needles
To have a gonorrhea.
pissing war
A series of retaliatory actions
pisslamic
Islamic
pissrael
Israel.
pissy-eyed
Drunk.