pill
/pɪl/
noun
- A small, solid piece of medicine that you swallow whole.
- The doctor told me to take one pill every morning with breakfast.
- She had trouble swallowing the large pill, so she cut it in half.
- I keep a bottle of pain relief pills in my bag for headaches.
- A small, round object or ball, especially one made of a soft material.
- He rolled the dough into tiny pills before baking them.
- The sweater had little pills of fuzz on the sleeves from washing.
- The cat played with a pill of lint it found on the carpet.
- An annoying or unpleasant person (informal).
- She's a bit of a pill today, complaining about everything.
- Don't be a pill — just help me carry these bags.
- My little brother can be such a pill when he doesn't get his way.
Synonyms
verb
- To form small balls or clumps of fiber on a fabric surface.
- This wool sweater pills easily after just a few washes.
- I use a fabric shaver to remove the fuzz when my clothes start to pill.
- Cheap fleece jackets tend to pill around the cuffs.