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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
PK
- (metrology) Symbol for petakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 1015 kelvins.
Etymology 2
Symbol
PK
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Pakistan.
- Synonym: PAK (alpha-3)
English
Noun
PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)
- (US) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.
- 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
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.
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!
- (parapsychology) Initialism of psychokinesis.
- (computing, databases) Initialism of primary key.
- (video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).
- (American football) Initialism of placekicker.
- (US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick.
- (ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).
- (biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase.
- (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of painkiller.
1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native (Usenet):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.
2017, Sean Avery, Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, : Viking Press, →ISBN, page 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.
- (medicine) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty.
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Chinese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English PK.
Pronunciation
Noun
PK
- (slang) player killing (player-versus-player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs)
Verb
PK
- (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
Noun
PK
- (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個/个 c; 條/条 c)
Verb
P⫽K (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街
Adjective
PK
- (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街
Interjection
PK
- (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街
Pronunciation 2
Noun
PK
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個/个 c; 條/条 c)
Verb
P⫽K (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街
Adjective
PK
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街
Interjection
PK
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
PK (first-person possessive PKku, second-person possessive PKmu, third-person possessive PKnya)
- (military) Initialism of prajurit karier.
- (law) Initialism of peninjauan kembali.
Japanese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English penalty kick.
Pronunciation
Noun
PK • (pīkē)
- (soccer) penalty kick
- Synonym: ペナルティーキック (penarutī kikku)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English psychokinesis.
Noun
PK • (pīkē)
- Synonym of サイコキネシス (saikokinesisu, “psychokinesis”)
References
Korean
Etymology
From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Pusan and Kyŏngnam.
Proper noun
PK • (Pikei) (hangeul 피케이)
- Busan–Gyeongnam; Busan and South Gyeongsang
Synonyms
Swedish
Adjective
PK (comparative mer PK, superlative mest PK)
- Initialism of politiskt korrekt (“politically correct”); PC
Jag är så less på PK-media!- I'm so tired of politically correct media!
See also
Noun
PK c
- Initialism of presskonferens (“press conference”).
Declension