"PK" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PKs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)
  1. (US) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid, or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: preacher's kid (extra: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant), pastor's kid (extra: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant), or priest's kid (extra: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant) Synonyms: child of the manse Hypernyms: child, kid, offspring, person
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-KcspaIcS Categories (other): American English
  2. (parapsychology) Initialism of psychokinesis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: psychokinesis
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-en:psychokinesis Categories (other): Parapsychology Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience
  3. (computing, databases) Initialism of primary key. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: primary key Coordinate_terms: FK
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-en:primary_key Categories (other): Computing, Databases Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: player kill(er/ing) Derived forms (player kill): PKer
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-1Kehx0v3 Categories (other): Role-playing games, Video games Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'player kill': 0 0 0 80 0 0 20 0 0 0 0
  5. (American football) Initialism of placekicker. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: placekicker
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-cn914EYp Categories (other): Football (American), English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Fictional abilities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 7 5 11 11 21 24 4 1 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 2 5 6 12 13 19 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 7 1 4 5 12 10 21 23 5 2 9 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: penalty kick
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-454NUkJW Categories (other): American English, Football (soccer), English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 7 5 11 11 21 24 4 1 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 2 5 6 12 13 19 18 5 3 8 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  7. (ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: penalty kill(ing)
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-x5BDBskP Categories (other): Ice hockey, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Fictional abilities Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 3 6 4 13 13 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 4 0 2 0 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 3 6 3 14 15 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 7 3 2 4 0 1 0 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 7 5 11 11 21 24 4 1 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 2 5 6 12 13 19 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 7 1 4 5 12 10 21 23 5 2 9 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
  8. (biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: protein kinase
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-en:protein_kinase Categories (other): Enzymes, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Fictional abilities Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 3 3 6 4 13 13 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 6 3 2 4 0 2 0 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 3 6 3 14 15 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 7 3 2 4 0 1 0 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 7 5 11 11 21 24 4 1 8 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 10 2 5 6 12 13 19 18 5 3 8 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 7 1 4 5 12 10 21 23 5 2 9 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  9. (pharmacology) Initialism of pharmacokinetics. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pharmacokinetics Related terms: PKs [alternative]
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-qkcYRv5h Categories (other): Pharmacology Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  10. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of painkiller. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: painkiller
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-en:painkiller Categories (other): Pharmaceutical drugs Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  11. (medicine) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: penetrating keratoplasty
    Sense id: en-PK-en-noun-en:penetrating_keratoplasty Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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