cutie pie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkjuːti ˌpaɪ/
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(US) A cute person, often female.
Nothin' but a cutie pie / Who makes me feel so good / You're my cutie pie
1982, “Cutie Pie”, performed by One Way:“Huh! The story book says ‘little boys’ belong in that category. Come, Bill, out with it!” “Well, then, cutie pie,—Uncle Michael is a secret service man.”
1933, Dorothy Wayne [pseudonym; Noel Everingham Sainsbury], Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin:Not a chance, Cutie-Pie! I'm still in th' hands o' my Oculist!
1916 November 28, Dopey Dan, “Twixt Love and Safety”, in The Washington Herald, page 14:Her daughter is such a cutie pie!
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(slang) A small hand-held radiation meter.
Most hospitals stock cutie pies to monitor radiation contamination levels during an emergency.
2014, Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer, Paula J. Visconti, E. Russell Ritenour, Workbook for Radiation Protection in Medical Radiography, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| QT 3.14 | alternative | lexicographic | |
| qt 3.14 | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cutie pies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cutiepie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cutie-pie | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Geiger-Müller counter · cutie patootie · Geiger counter
Translations (15)
fi söpöläinen (cute person) · ru пу́псик (cute person) · pl słodziak (cute person) · ru ду́шечка (cute person) · sv sötnos (cute person) · es lindura (cute person) · ru ла́почка (cute person) · pl licznik Geigera-Müllera (small hand-held radiation meter) · fr puce (cute person) · ru мила́шка (cute person) · sv sötis (cute person) · es papi chulo (cute person) · de Süßer (cute person) · pl licznik Geigera (small hand-held radiation meter) · de Süße (cute person)