♦ pill

♦ pill
♦ pill /pɪl/
n.
1 (anche fig.) pillola; compressa; pastiglia: DIALOGO-Feeling ill- Take a couple of pills and see how you feel in the morning, prendi un paio di pillole e vedi come ti senti domattina
2 (slang scherz.) palla (di cannone, da gioco); pallottola
3 (pl.) (slang) biliardo
4 (slang USA, antiq.) sigaretta
5 (slang USA) rompiballe; tipo palloso (pop.)
6 (slang USA) pillola di droga
7 (pl.) (volg. USA) palle; coglioni
8 the pill, la pillola (anticoncezionale): to be on the pill, prendere la pillola; to go on the pill, cominciare a prendere la pillola; to come off the pill, smettere di prendere la pillola
● (fig.) a pill to cure an earthquake, una mezza misura; un provvedimento del tutto inadeguato □ (slang spreg. USA) pill peddler (o pill pusher), farmacista; (anche) medico □ (slang) pill-popper ► pillhead □ booster pill, stimolante □ (slang) courage pill, pillola di barbiturico □ to gild the pill, indorare la pillola □ (fig.) to sugar (o to sweeten) the pill, addolcire la pillola □ (fig.) to swallow a bitter pill, mandar giù un boccone amaro □ to take (sleeping) pills, prendere sonniferi; impasticcarsi (anche per suicidarsi).
(to) pill /pɪl/
v. t.
1 curare con pillole
2 fare pillole di (qc.)
3 (slang) ostracizzare; votare contro (q.); dare voto contrario a (q.)
4 (slang) bocciare (uno studente).

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