cutie pie

cutie pie — cutie pie, adj. Informal. 1. darling; sweetheart; sweetie (often used as a term of endearment). 2. cutie (def. 1). Also, cutesy pie. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

cutie pie — noun 1. slang : a cute person : sweetheart 2. : a portable gamma radiation detecting and measuring and beta radiation detecting instrument that includes an ionization chamber and a direct reading microammeter with a pointer * * * cutie pie, adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

cutie pie — n. a cute person, typically a woman or a baby. (Also a term of address.) □ She is such a cutie pie. □ What’s your name, cutie pie? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

cutie pie — noun a) A cute person. Her daughter is such a cutie pie! b) A small hand held radiation meter …   Wiktionary

cutie pie — cut′ie pie n. Informal. sex cutie • Etymology: 1930–35 cut′ie pie ,adj …   From formal English to slang

cutie-pie — cūˈtie pie noun (slang) Someone cute or sweet, a poppet • • • Main Entry: ↑cute …   Useful english dictionary

cutie-pie — noun Date: 1956 a cute person ; sweetheart …   New Collegiate Dictionary

cutie-pie — /ˈkjuti paɪ/ (say kyoohtee puy) noun Chiefly US Colloquial 1. a woman or girl with an appealing, somewhat girlish manner. 2. (a term of endearment for such a woman or girl.) …   Australian English dictionary

cutie — [kyo͞ot′ēpī΄kyo͞ot′ē] n. ☆ [ CUT(E) + IE] Slang a cute person, esp. a pretty girl or young woman: also cutie pie [kyo͞ot′ēpī΄] …   English World dictionary

cutie —    Used as an endearment to someone who is thought to be ‘cute’, i.e. attractive and pleasant. ‘Let’s go, cutie,’ says an American prostitute to a client, in The Choirboys, by Joseph Wambaugh. The term is sometimes extended to cutie pie, as in… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

cut·ie-pie — /ˈkjuːtiˌpaı/ noun, pl pies [count] US informal : an attractive person : ↑cutie often used as an informal way of addressing a lover, a small child, etc. Hey there, cutie pie. [=honey, sweetie] …   Useful english dictionary