Pill

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Pill can refer to:

• A ball, or anything small and round, hence also:
  • A bobble of fiber that develops with use or wear on a textile article
  • A pharmacological tablet, hence also:
    • "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill, i.e. "on the pill"
    • British slang for an Ecstasy pill
    • American slang for recreationally used prescription drugs, particularly when used in plural, i.e. "popping pills"
• A tidal inlet on the coast, or a small creek of a river, hence:
  • Various place names in England, such as:
    • Huntspill, East Huntspill, West Huntspill
    • Pill, North Somerset
• A stake, stockade, stronghold or castle in the Welsh Language, hence:
  • Various place names in Wales, such as:
    • The inner city district of Pillgwenlly, Newport, South Wales.
• The Tyrolean municipality of Pill, Austria.
• A disagreeable or tiresome person (e.g. "He is a pill")