pion — meaning in English

English meaning

• cog noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
• man noun An adult male human being.
• pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
• stooge noun Someone who lets themselves be used by others, usually to take the blame or do the dirty work.

Senses

pion is used for these senses in English:

• cog An unimportant individual in a greater system.
• man A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
• pion (particle) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.

cog — full definition

1. noun A tooth on a gear wheel, or the wheel itself.
2. noun An unimportant, replaceable part of a much bigger system, especially used of a person.

man — full definition

1. noun An adult male human being.
2. noun Human beings collectively; humankind (an older, now often avoided, generic use).
3. noun A husband or male romantic partner.
4. verb To supply a place, post, or piece of equipment with the people needed to run or operate it.
5. intj Used to add emphasis or express strong feeling, regardless of who is being addressed.

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