(usually in the plural) An East Asian eating utensil usually used as a pair and held in one hand to grip pieces of food or occasionally to mix liquids or scoop up small pieces of food. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood and measuring approximately 23cm (10 inches) in length.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
hoopskirt
hoopskirt
noun
Alternative spelling of hoop skirt
hoopstick
hopkinton
housekept
housekept
verb
simple past tense and past participle of housekeep
hutkeeper
hutkeeper
noun
One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
kelyphite
kelyphite
noun
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
klephtism
klephtism
noun
(historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
packcloth
packcloth
noun
A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging
pankhurst
patchcock
patchwork
patchwork
noun
(derogatory) A state of regulations whose constituents have an opaque scope of application because of their questionable delimitation with regard to each other.
(figurative) Any kind of creation that utilizes many different aspects to create one whole piece.
A work, such as a blanket, composed of many different colors and shapes, sewn together to make an interesting whole.
verb
To assemble from a variety of sources; to cobble together.
To create a patchwork from pieces of fabric.
phenakite
phenakite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
pickshaft
picksmith
pickthank
pickthank
adj
Of or relating to pickthanks.
noun
A sycophant, a yes-man; one who meddles, tattles, informs (often in order to curry favour).
picktooth
picktooth
Noun
A toothpick.
pitchfork
pitchfork
noun
(casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
(rare) A tuning fork.
A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
verb
(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
(transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
pitchlike
pitchlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pitch (the tarry substance).
pitchpike
pitchwork
pitchwork
noun
The work of a coal miner who is paid in a share of the mined material.
potwhisky
prickshot
shitepoke
shitepoke
noun
the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
the black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
the green heron, Butorides virescens
shkupetar
shoptalks
shoptalks
noun
plural of shoptalk
sketchpad
sketchpad
noun
Alternative spelling of sketch pad
skiophyte
skiophyte
noun
(biology, rare) Alternative form of sciophyte
tankships
tankships
noun
plural of tankship
thicklips
toothpick
toothpick
noun
A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
verb
(transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
(transitive) To transfer (a sample of bacteria, etc.) by means of a toothpick.