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to pie

to pie

3 8.1
To throw a pastry at someone as a joke or protest
  • verb
  • /paɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : arrojar una tarta (a alguien)
  • We made a whipped cream pie with cereal and pied each other in the face.

So cries would go around and pie people and you don't remember.

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Examples

  • So, we catch up to Donnie in the alley and we pie him.

  • Each pie costs $2, and you can pie your professor of choice.

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  • Yeah, I got pied a lot of times.

  • Grace, get pied in the face.

  • - Bob... prepare to be pied.

  • I mean, I was gonna pie someone's butt, and after he tossed your stuff the other day, he totally deserved it.

  • I say, due to the fact that that jerk just got his butt pied in front of the whole class, I think we should celebrate and get ourselves into the holiday spirit.

  • So let's say Laurel decides to pie Hardy and Brady decides to pie Laurel.

  • At the school fundraiser, the students decided to pie their teachers to raise money for charity.

  • During the festival, it was a tradition to pie volunteers as part of the fun activities.

Synonyms

to egg
vsto pie
15 8.4

To throw oval objects laid by birds at people or places to show anger

is done playfully as a joke or light protest rather than serious disapproval

Idioms

piece of the pie
  • Informal
10 3.4

A part of profits or benefits that people receive

pie in the sky
  • Informal
10 7.5

An idea or plan that is unlikely to happen

easy as pie
  • Informal
4 1.7

Very easy to do with little skill

1 7.9

To admit you are wrong and feel embarrassed

cap-a-pie
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Completely dressed from head to foot

1 7.7

Neat and well organized like a tidy room

nice as pie
  • Informal
1 8.0

Very pleasant and friendly to other people

7.2

To have a part in something and some control

9.2

Different parts of life have their own good things to enjoy one at a time

Compounds

41 1.0

A sweet baked dessert with sliced apples inside a pastry crust

26 1.0

A sweet baked pie with spiced mashed pumpkin filling

12 1.0

A sweet pie made with pecans, sugar, and eggs

A sweet baked dish with a crust filled with blueberries and sugar

7 1.1

A thin pastry layer used as the bottom or top of a pie that holds the filling

A baked dish of minced meat and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes

7 2.6

A circle divided into parts that shows how much each part is of the whole

5 1.0

A baked dish of cooked meat inside pastry, usually eaten hot

4 1.0

A lump of mud shaped like a small cake that children make when playing outside

4 1.0

A round flat dough that has tomato sauce and cheese on top

A sweet dessert with lemon filling and soft meringue on top

3 1.6

A sweet pie made from sour red plant stalks and sugar

3 3.1

A small cold pie filled with seasoned pork

3 3.1

A small round sweet pie with a fruit and spice filling often eaten at Christmas

2 4.4

A meat pie filled with beef kidneys and baked with a pastry crust

cow pie
  • NSFW
2 8.2

A flat piece of cow poop left in a field

1 1.6

A baked or unbaked pastry crust that holds the filling of a pie

1 2.4

A pie filled with sweet custard that people throw in the face to be funny

A cake made of sponge layers filled with custard and topped with chocolate

A pastry filled with pieces of beef and kidneys, often cooked in gravy

1 1.6

A baked dish of minced meat, usually beef, topped with mashed potatoes

A pie with a deep layer of fruit filling and a top crust

apple-pie order
  • Informal
1 8.4

A place or situation where things are very clean and neatly arranged

1 1.1

A baked pastry filled with cooked lamb and vegetables

1 2.3

A sweet pie that uses the cooked, mashed part of a winter vegetable like pumpkin

A herb from the Himalayas with red veins in its leaves used in pies

pie plant
  • Archaic
6.1

A plant with thick stems you can eat, often used in pies

pie-dog
  • Archaic
9.9

A dog with no owner that lives near villages, often in India

pie-eater
  • Informal
9.3

A person who likes to eat pies

pity pie
  • Informal
9.9

Eating comfort food because you feel sorry for yourself

4.4

A baked dish of seasoned meat and vegetables topped with cornbread

9.6

A sweet open pie that uses molasses and a crumb topping

How Forceful

to pie
  • Informal
3 8.1
to dab
11 2.8

Surface Forms

pie infinitive
pied past
pied past participle
pieing present participle
pies third person singular

Etymology

Pie as a verb comes from the noun pie, because in comedy people would throw a cream pie at someone's face as a joke. So to pie someone is 'to throw a pie at them' as a funny prank or form of protest.