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noun (1)

plural pics or pix ˈpiks How to pronounce pic (audio)
: the picador's lance

Examples of pic in a Sentence

Noun (1) a coworker handed around some vacation pics
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Christian LeBlanc, Tracey Bregman, Tamara Tunie, Devan Chandler Long, Arrington Foster, Heather Tom, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Clifton Davis, Karla Mosley, Jennifer Mitchell, Daphnee Duplaix, Brian Dietzen and Mike Benson huddle together for a pic at CBS Atlanta Fest in Georgia. Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025 Releasing the last two pics in the franchise, Lionsgate is the front-runner to land the package. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025 Spanish sales agents flip that the other way round for France, talking up more broader audience plays, quite a few these days genre pics, genre’s consolidation as a theatrical proposition, bound for Sitges. John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025 Hit the road with friends and upload the pics to your Hily profile. Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pic

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

short for picture

Noun (2)

Spanish pica, from picar to prick

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pic was in 1884

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“Pic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pic. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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