pk
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid, or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity."
- "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!"
- "The question here is: were the extrachance scores due to the subject's precognition of the next target, or rather to his PK acting upon the electron flow and thus determining the target?"
- "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."
- "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."
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Informal