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Phasing
- verb - adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"
- arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"
Phoning
- verb - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
Picking
- verb - attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
- harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
- hit lightly with a picking motion
- look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
- pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
- provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
- select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
- the act of pic
Pie-Dog
- noun - ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India
Piecing
- verb - create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
- eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
- join during spinning; "piece the broken pieces of thread, slivers, and rovings"
- repair by adding pieces; "She pieced the china cup"
- to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
Pigging
- verb - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
- give birth; "sows farrow"
- live like a pig, in squalor
Pimping
- verb - arrange for sexual partners for others
Pinging
- verb - contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing"
- hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
- make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
- send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office"
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
Pinking
- verb - cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
- make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
Pinning
- verb - a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
- attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins; "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
- immobilize a piece
- pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"
- to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"