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noun (1)

plural pics or pix ˈpiks How to pronounce pic (audio)
: the picador's lance

Examples of pic in a Sentence

Noun (1) a coworker handed around some vacation pics
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Noun
In a win for Gerard Butler and Lionsgate, the heist pic Den of Thieves 2: Pantera topped the domestic box office with a better-than-expected $15.5 million opening over the second full weekend of 2025. Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025 Watch on Deadline Joon Ho wrote and produced the pic through his company Offscreen in addition to directing. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025 In July, Schneider photographed the Mahomes family with the sonogram pics. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025 Fans believe that artists outside of Opium who also made this their profile pic at the time—like Pharrell Williams and underground beatmaker Goxan—joined in on the album sessions. Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pic 

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

short for picture

Noun (2)

Spanish pica, from picar to prick

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pic was in 1884

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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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