Pic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT pic /pɪk/ /pɪk/ IPA guide

Other forms: pics

A pic is a photo or a snapshot. When you're visiting the Statue of Liberty, you might hand your camera to a stranger and ask if they'll take your pic.

Use the informal pic as a slang term for picture. Your selfie-obsessed friend might insist on snapping pics of himself everywhere he goes, while your grandma might proudly show of the pics of her grandchildren she keeps in her wallet. You can also call a movie a pic. This word might sound fairly modern, but it's been around since the 1880s — not too long after photography was invented.

Definitions of pic

noun a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, picture see moresee less types: show 40 types... hide 40 types... beefcake a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire black and white, monochrome a black-and-white photograph or slide blueprint photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. cheesecake a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire closeup a photograph or video taken at close range daguerreotype a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor blowup, enlargement, magnification a photographic print that has been enlarged frame a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film glossy a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper headshot a photograph of a person's head hologram, holograph the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography longshot a photograph taken from a distance microdot photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) arial mosaic, mosaic, photomosaic arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture mug shot, mugshot a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) photocopy a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print, print a printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrograph a photograph taken with the help of a microscope radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) shot, snap, snapshot an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera spectrogram, spectrograph a photographic record of a spectrum stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together still a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes) telephoto, telephotograph a photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotograph a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposure a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time vignette a photograph whose edges shade off gradually wedding picture photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding scene, shot a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film selfie a photograph that you take of yourself, typically with a digital camera anaglyph moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed autoradiograph a radiogram produced by radiation emitted by the specimen being photographed cutout a photograph from which the background has been cut away photostat a photocopy made on a Photostat machine proof a trial photographic print from a negative radiophoto, radiophotograph a photograph transmitted by radio waves X ray, X-ray, X-ray photograph, X-ray picture, roentgenogram, x-ray a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis visible speech spectrogram of speech; speech displayed spectrographically outtake a scene that is filmed but is not used in the final editing of the film vignette a short evocative scene, as in a film or play type of: representation a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement synonyms: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, picture, picture show see moresee less types: show 22 types... hide 22 types... telefilm a movie that is made to be shown on television feature, feature film the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater final cut the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home movie a film made at home by an amateur photographer collage film a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage coming attraction a movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-up a movie featuring shooting and violence short subject a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event cinema verite a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noir a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters skin flick a pornographic movie rough cut the first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silents a movie without a soundtrack slow motion a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picture a movie with synchronized speech and singing 3-D, 3D, three-D a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance musical, musical comedy, musical theater a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing Western, horse opera a film or novel about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development animated cartoon, cartoon, toon a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence newsreel a short film and commentary about current events peepshow a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth type of: product, production an artifact that has been created by someone or some process show a social event involving a public performance or entertainment

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