pic

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noun (1)

ˈpik 

plural pics or pix ˈpiks 

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: photograph

2

: motion picture

pic

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noun (2)

ˈpik  ˈpēk 

: the picador's lance

Synonyms

Noun (1)

• photo
• photograph
• snapshot

Examples of pic in a Sentence

Noun (1)

a coworker handed around some vacation pics

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Copeland is no stranger to adapting family-friendly material, having written the DreamWorks Animation pic Ferdinand and Spies in Disguise. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025

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. —Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025

Lori reposted the adorable pic with three white hearts. —Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 22 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

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

Rhymes for pic

• bick
• brick
• chick
• click
• fick
• flick
• hick
• kick
• knick
• lick
• mic
• nick