Definitions for piecepis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. piece(noun)

    a separate part of a whole

    "an important piece of the evidence"

  2. piece(noun)

    an item that is an instance of some type


  3. part, piece(noun)

    a portion of a natural object


  4. musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music(noun)

    a musical work that has been created

    "the composition is written in four movements"

  5. piece, bit(noun)

    an instance of some kind


  6. piece(noun)

    an artistic or literary composition


  7. firearm, piece, small-arm(noun)

    a portable gun

    "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"

  8. piece, slice(noun)

    a serving that has been cut from a larger portion


  9. piece(noun)

    a distance

    "it is down the road a piece"

  10. objet d'art, art object, piece(noun)

    a work of art of some artistic value


  11. while, piece, spell, patch(noun)



  12. slice, piece(noun)

    a share of something

    "a slice of the company's revenue"

  13. man, piece(verb)

    game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games


  14. patch, piece(verb)

    to join or unite the pieces of

    "patch the skirt"


    create by putting components or members together


  16. piece(verb)

    join during spinning


  17. nibble, pick, piece(verb)

    eat intermittently; take small bites of


  18. piece, patch(verb)

    repair by adding pieces

    "She pieced the china cup"


  1. piece(Noun)


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  3. piece(Noun)

    One of the small objects played in board games, e.g. a pawn or a draught.

  4. piece(Noun)

    A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.

  5. piece(Noun)


    She played two beautiful pieces on the piano.

  6. piece(Noun)

    An artillery gun.

  7. piece(Noun)

    (short for hairpiece); a toupee or wig, usually when worn by a man.

    The announcer is wearing a new piece.

  8. piece(Noun)

    A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.

  9. piece(Noun)

    A gun.

    He's packin' a piece!

  10. piece(Verb)

    (usually with "together"): To reassemble something (real or metaphorically.)

  11. piece(Noun)

    A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail

    I got a piece at lunchtime.

  12. piece(Noun)

    (short for "piece of crap") a shoddy or worthless object, usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances.

    Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow.

  13. piece(Noun)

    A cannabis pipe.

  14. piece(Noun)

    Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with got, and never used in the plural.

  15. Origin: pece, from peece, peice et al. and pece, piece et al., apparently from *, *. Ultimate origin uncertain; perhaps from (compare peth, pez, cuid).

Webster Dictionary

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  4. Piece(noun)

    a literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary

  5. Piece(noun)


  6. Piece(noun)


  7. Piece(noun)

    a fact; an item; as, a piece of news; a piece of knowledge

  8. Piece(noun)


  9. Piece(noun)

    one of the superior men, distinguished from a pawn

  10. Piece(noun)

    a castle; a fortified building

  11. Piece(verb)


  12. Piece(verb)

    to unite; to join; to combine

  13. Piece(verb)

    to unite by a coalescence of parts; to fit together; to join

  14. Origin: [OE. pece, F. pice, LL. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. & Ir. cuid part, share. Cf. Petty.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Piece

    pēs, n. a part of anything: a single article: a definite quantity, as of cloth or paper: an amount of work to be done at one time: a separate performance: a literary or artistic composition: a gun: a coin: a man in chess or draughts: a person, generally a woman, in contempt.—v.t. to enlarge by adding a piece: to patch.—v.i. to unite by a joining of parts: to join.— Piece′-goods, cotton, linen, woollen, or silk fabrics sold retail in varying lengths.—adj. Piece′less, not made of pieces: entire.—adv. Piece′meal, in pieces or fragments: by pieces: little by little: bit by bit: gradually.—adj. made of pieces: single: separate.—ns. Piec′ener, a piecer; Piec′ening, or Piec′ing, the act of mending, esp. the joining of the ends of yarn, thread, &c. so as to repair breaks; Piec′er, a boy or girl employed in a spinning-factory to join broken threads; Piece′work, work done by the piece or quantity rather than by time.—Pièce de résistance, principal piece: chief event or performance: chief dish at a dinner; Piece of eight, the Spanish peso duro ('hard dollar'), bearing the numeral 8, of the value of 8 reals (prob. the sign $ is derived from this); Piece out, to put together bit by bit; Piece up, to patch up.—Give a piece of one's mind, to give a rating frankly to any one's face; Of a piece, as if of the same piece, the same in nature, &c. [O. Fr. piece—Low L. petium, a piece of land—prob. L. pes, pedis, a foot.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'piece' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1205

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'piece' in Written Corpus Frequency: #688

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'piece' in Nouns Frequency: #274


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of piece in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of piece in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Pedro Barusco:

    I got a piece; they got a piece.

  2. Perry Chrisciatelli:

    Now another piece of Little Italy is gone.

  3. Phil Ledford:

    But it'll be like having a piece of him around.

  4. Jerry Coleman:

    Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat.

  5. John McMahon:

    Every piece of evidence in this case is critical.

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