pie

Definition

  • noun: a food that consists of a pastry crust that is filled with fruit, meat, etc.
  • noun: a meat dish baked with biscuit or pastry crust
  • variant of 'pi'
  • synonyms: pastry, paté, pate

Examples

  • The state needs to give public schools a larger 'piece of the pie'. [=the state needs to give public schools more funds]

  • He's the best player on the team and he wants a bigger 'slice of the pie'. [=he wants more money]

  • His plan to reduce the national debt seems like 'pie in the sky'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) in the form of unchecked rage and agression. I was a major jerk. Well, I know a thing or two about being a jerk. Anyhow, I brought you all these pies. Hey, kids! Don't you run through that midnicampum holisithius. There's a four-dollar word, Mr. H. My family always just call them Nighthowlers. (..)
    2016 Zootopia