pic
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8.1
- noun
- /pɪk/
- Informal
:
película
- Marshall put the shirt on, had someone snap a pic, and tweeted the picture out.
- bio-pic
- superhero pic
- action-pic
Examples
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Hopefully, I can figure out how to put a pic up for you.
Blog text (12) -
Yeah, team pic, c'mon.
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I wish I could post a pic here for you to see what it looks like.
Blog text (13) -
What a profile pic that would be !
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And when there is a new pic put up, it's basically my equivalent of Christmas.
Blog text (1) -
I need a new profile pic.
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I wish I'd had a smartphone to take a pic or a video; he looked so happy.
Blog text (6) -
Based on the pic, I was surprised the ice cream doesn't have chocolate in it.
Blog text (12) -
I'm editing the last of the pics for my book, and the clock's already mocking me.
Blog text (3) -
The action-packed pic kept us on the edge of our seats until the very end.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A story told with moving pictures on a screen
∞
1.0
A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen
691
7.7
A movie shown on a screen in a theatre or at home
83
3.0
A story that uses moving images and sound, like a movie
81
4.1
A casual word for a movie you watch at a cinema
10
2.5
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
8
3.5
A movie shown on a screen that tells a story
1
5.5
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
1
9.9
An old word for a movie from the early days of film
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pic is a casual short form of picture, a word whose root meant 'to paint' and is like the modern word paint. When films were once called 'motion pictures', people shortened that phrase to pic, so a pic can mean a movie today.