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PK
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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
peta kelvin thermodynamic temperature
Etymology 2
Symbol
1 2 Pakistan
mul PAK ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 alpha-3
English
Noun
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en US en preacher's kid,pastor's kid,priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.
en child of the manse
en child#Noun kid#Noun offspring#Noun < person#Noun
1906, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Religious Education
The traditional community image of the pk (preacher's kid) and the social control function of gossip in relation to the minister's wife underline the interlocking nature
en 1998 Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity.
en 2005 Warren L. Braun Was It a Miracle? And after all, I was a PK (preacher's kid) and no one wanted to play with a PK in any case! It might be catching, like the measles!
en psychokinesis en parapsychology en psychokinesis.
en 1977 Stanley Krippner Psychokinesis 95 The question here is: were the extrachance scores due to the subject's precognition of the next target, or rather to his PK acting upon the electron flow and thus determining the target?
en primary key en computing databases en primary key.
en FK<id:foreign key>
en video games RPG en player kill(er/ing).
en American football en placekicker.
en US football en penalty kick.
en ice hockey en penalty kill(ing).
en protein kinase en enzyme en protein kinase.
en pharmacology en pharmacokinetics.
en PKs
en painkiller en informal pharmaceutical drug en painkiller.
en 1999-01-04 Kelly Potts Re: genetic traits https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.native/Brx-od4enP4/N1OcwFzYDz8J alt.native I know a guy who had surgery done and he is now addicted to the PKs. I had a problem with a popular recreational substance about ten years ago and I'm realy not looking forward to counting that coup again. As it is now, I have a pile of PKs that the doc. gave me. I don't use them unless I can't even sit up.
en 2017 w:Sean Avery Offside: My Life Crossing the Line [Toronto] w:Viking Press 9780735232853 Yo9TDgAAQBAJ 96 PKs unknown But between the Toradol, Sudafed, Adderall, Vicodin, Percocet, and other PKs (painkillers), you didn't really need to buy street drugs. You could find the right state of mind right in the trainer's room.
en penetrating keratoplasty en medicine en penetrating keratoplasty.
Derived terms
player kill en PKer
Anagrams
en kp KP
en Fictional abilities
Chinese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from zh en PK.
Pronunciation
pīkèi,py=PK pi1 kei1 sh:1phi ke n,v
Noun
zh verb
zh slang player killing (player-versus-player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs)
Verb
zh verb
zh slang to challenge; to compete with; to take somebody on as a rival; to compare the merits of two things
Etymology 2
Initialism of 仆街 puk1 gaai1 bitch; jerk, etc..
Pronunciation 1
puk1 gaai1 n,v,adj,intj
Noun
zh noun
zh Cantonese vulgar zh 仆街 c:個 c:條
Verb
vo
zh Cantonese vulgar zh 仆街
Adjective
zh adjective
zh Cantonese vulgar zh 仆街
Interjection
zh interjection
zh Cantonese vulgar zh 仆街
Pronunciation 2
pi1 kei1 n,v,adj
Noun
zh noun
zh Cantonese euphemism zh 仆街 c:個 c:條
Verb
vo Latn
zh Cantonese euphemism zh 仆街
Adjective
zh adjective
zh Cantonese euphemism zh 仆街
Interjection
zh interjection
zh Cantonese euphemism zh 仆街
Dutch
Proper noun
f
nl Suriname public transport nl Paramaribo-Kwatta a bus route
German
Noun
f,s
de Pressekonferenz
Indonesian
Pronunciation
id /ˈpe.ka/
Noun
~
id military id prajurit karier
id law id peninjauan kembali
id management id perjanjian kinerja
id education id praktik kependidikan educational practice
id medicine id patologi klinik clinical pathology
id chemistry healthcare id permanganas kalium potassium permanganate
id mechanical engineering id nl:paardenkracht horsepower
Further reading
Japanese
Etymology 1
ja en penalty kick.
Pronunciation
ピーケー 3 DJR
Noun
ピーケー
ja football penalty kick
ja ペナルティーキック penarutī kikku
Derived terms
ja PK戦
Etymology 2
From ja en psychokinesis.
Noun
ピーケー
ja サイコキネシス saikokinesisu psychokinesis
References
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Korean
Etymology
From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Pusan and Kyŏngnam.
Proper noun
proper 피케이
Busan–Gyeongnam; Busan and South Gyeongsang
Synonyms
부경 釜慶
ko terms written in foreign scripts
ko Nicknames for cities
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv pk
Adjective
peri 1
sv politiskt korrekt politically correct; PC
sv Jag är så less på PK-media! I'm so tired of politically correct media!
See also
sv woke
Noun
c
sv presskonferens press conference
Declension
PK:n PK:ar PK:s
Tagalog
Etymology
tl pang-alis kati itch remover.
Pronunciation
pi key
Noun
tl LGBTQ slang dated
one-shot affair
Further reading
en Reyes Jose Javier Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study. Pintig Isip 1 60–85 1977 October 2 1 Manila, Philippines Behavioral Sciences, De La Salle University