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pie noun

  /paɪ/ , /pɑɪ/
  • A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
  • Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
  • A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
 taart, pastei

pieing noun

  • An instance of throwing a pie at someone, often a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest.
 taartgooien

PIE adjective

  /piː.aɪ.iː/
  • (linguistics, anthropology, etc.) Initialism of Proto-Indo-European.
 PIE
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