pill
noun
[ pɪl ]
• a small round mass of solid medicine for swallowing whole.
• "an overdose of sleeping pills"
Similar:
tablet,
capsule,
caplet,
pellet,
lozenge,
pastille,
jujube,
bolus,
troche,
pilule,
• a tedious or unpleasant person.
• (in some sports) a humorous term for a ball.
Origin:
late Middle English: ultimately from Latin pilula ‘little ball’, diminutive of pila ; compare with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pille .
pill
verb
• (of knitted fabric) form small balls of fluff on its surface.
• "synthetics can pill but otherwise wear fairly well"
Origin:
1950s: from the noun pill denoting a small ball of fluff, extended sense of pill1.
