piece

Etymology
From, , , from , from , , possibly from , from ; doublet of 🇨🇬, , , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
 * 2) A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
 * 3)  One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
 * 4) A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
 * a sixpenny piece
 * 1) An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
 * 2) An article published in the press.
 * 3)  An artillery gun.
 * 4)  A gun.
 * 5)  A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
 * 6)  A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
 * 7)  A sexual encounter; from  or.
 * 8)  A shoddy or worthless object.
 * 9)  A cannabis pipe.
 * 10)  An individual; a person.
 * 11)  A castle; a fortified building.
 * 12)  A pacifier; a dummy.
 * 13)  A distance.
 * 14)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 15) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 16)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1)  An artillery gun.
 * 2)  A gun.
 * 3)  A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
 * 4)  A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack.
 * 5)  A sexual encounter; from  or.
 * 6)  A shoddy or worthless object.
 * 7)  A cannabis pipe.
 * 8)  An individual; a person.
 * 9)  A castle; a fortified building.
 * 10)  A pacifier; a dummy.
 * 11)  A distance.
 * 12)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 13) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 14)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1)  A cannabis pipe.
 * 2)  An individual; a person.
 * 3)  A castle; a fortified building.
 * 4)  A pacifier; a dummy.
 * 5)  A distance.
 * 6)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 7) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 8)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1)  A castle; a fortified building.
 * 2)  A pacifier; a dummy.
 * 3)  A distance.
 * 4)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 5) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 6)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 2) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 3)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1)  A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation.
 * 2) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 3)  An ounce of a recreational drug.
 * 1) An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work.
 * 2)  An ounce of a recreational drug.

Usage notes
When used as a baseball term, the term is figurative in that the baseball is almost never broken into pieces. It is rare in modern baseball for the cover of a baseball to even partially tear loose. In professional baseball, several new, not previously played baseballs are used in each game.

It could be argued that the phrase was never meant (not even metaphorically) to refer to breaking the ball into pieces, and that "get a piece of the ball" means the bat contacts only a small area of the ball - in other words, that the ball is hit off-center. In that case "get" would mean "succeed in hitting", not "obtain".

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:piece

Translations

 * Afrikaans: stuk
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قِطْعَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: حتة
 * Hijazi Arabic: قِطْعَة, شَقْفَة
 * Moroccan Arabic: طرف
 * South Levantine Arabic: قِطْعَة, شَقْفَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Bashkir: өлөш
 * Belarusian: кусо́к, ,
 * Belizean Creole: pees
 * Bengali:, ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro: naspejka
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 嚿, 塊
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: peco
 * Farefare: zõrga
 * Faroese: stykki, petti
 * Finnish:, ; ;
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნატეხი, ნაწილი, ნაჭერი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: moso
 * Hebrew:, פיסה
 * Hindi: टुकड़ा,, ,
 * Hungarian:, , -rész
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:, giota, boim
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:,  一切れ, ,
 * Kazakh: кесек, бөлік, парша
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پارچە
 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Ladin: tòch
 * Lao: ຮູບສິລປະ, ປ່ຽງ, ຕ່ອນ
 * Latin:, fragmentum, frustum,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: gabalas,
 * Lombard:, péss
 * Macedonian: парче, дел
 * Malay: sekeping
 * Maltese: biċċa
 * Maori: wāhanga
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, ,
 * Norman: morcé
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: stykke
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: styċċe
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: p'aki
 * Romani: kotor
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bìdeag, criomag, mìr, pìos
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: па́рче, де̏о, ко̀ма̄д
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak:, kúsok
 * Slovene: ,
 * Southern Altai: кезек, бӧлӱк
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: тикка, порча, лӯнда
 * Tamil:
 * Tarifit: awezwiz
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Tok Pisin: hap
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Tuvan:
 * Tày: ăn, bưởng
 * Ukrainian: шмато́к,, , кусо́к, шмат
 * Urdu: ٹکڑا, کھنڈ
 * Uyghur: پارچە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שטיק


 * Arabic: قِطْعَةٌ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: шту́ка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Georgian: ცალი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Old English: styċċe
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: pìos
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: шту́ка


 * Arabic: قِطْعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, fiqur
 * Belarusian: фігу́ра, фі́шка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: brik
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ;
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, 피스
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: фігу́ра, фі́шка


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:, møntstykke
 * Finnish:, pikkukolikko
 * French:
 * Hungarian: váltóegység
 * Italian:
 * Maore Comorian: turuturu
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Belarusian: твор, п'е́са
 * Bulgarian: пие́са,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, ;
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: saothar, dréacht,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tugtugin
 * Ukrainian: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: pieza de artillería
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: שלום


 * Finnish:, voikku
 * Scottish Gaelic: pìos


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Maltese: imbarazz


 * Finnish:, zilu,


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Persian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:

Verb

 * 1)  To assemble (something real or figurative).
 * 2) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
 * 3)  To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
 * 1) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
 * 2)  To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
 * 1)  To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.
 * 1)  To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) piece, bit, part
 * 2) moment (duration of time)

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) piece, bit, part