# pieing

Pronunciation: say "PY-ing" US/UK /ˈpaɪɪŋ/, AUS /ˈpɑɪɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of pie. — present participle and gerund of pie
   - Simple: The -ing form of pie. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _Two activists were arrested for pieing the minister as he left the conference hall._
   - _Students lined up at the fair for a chance at pieing the principal._

## Noun

2. An act of throwing a pie at someone, often at a politician or other powerful or influential figure as a protest.
   - Simple: A time when someone throws a pie at a person, often a politician, to protest.
   - _The minister laughed off the pieing and finished his speech with cream on his collar._
   - _Security at the shareholders' meeting was tightened after last year's pieing of the chief executive._

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