pilled
/pɪld/
pilled adjective: pilled-up, intoxicated on pills. Also the simple past and past participle of pill.
Adjective
pilled (comparative more pilled, superlative most pilled)
- Pilled-up, intoxicated on pills.
- Remember when I was bumming around Chelsea on the purple hearts! The chicks there thought I was God's gift to their little bohemia. A real devil. ‘I'm pilled to the gills,’ I'd tell them and their little eyes would grow as big as plates.1966, Alan Bestic, Turn Me on Man, page 20
- I never give these randy bastards a second glance when I'm dancing because when I'm pilled sex is too slow and anyway my legs are like rubber and I feel like I can out-dance anyone.2014, Casey Harison, quoting “Irish” Jack Lyons, Feedback: The Who and Their Generation, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 65
- Of woven fabric: having formed small matted balls of fiber.
Also used as
pilled is also the simple past and past participle of pill.
Forms of pilled
| comparative | more pilled |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pilled |
Words formed from pilled
Phrases with pilled
Words that rhyme with pilled
Questions about pilled
- What does pilled mean?
- Pilled means pilled-up, intoxicated on pills.
- What part of speech is pilled?
- Pilled is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pilled?
- Pilled is pronounced /pɪld/.
Words near pilled in the dictionary
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