Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [piˈɔk]

pioc m (plural piocs, feminine pioca)

1. turkeycock, turkey

   Synonyms: gall dindi, indiot

2. (derogatory) dimwit

pioc (feminine pioca, masculine plural piocs, feminine plural pioques)

1. sickly

   Synonym: malaltís

• “pioc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pioc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

• IPA^(key): /pʲʊk/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɯk/^[1]

Borrowed from Middle English picken, from Proto-Germanic *pikōną.

pioc (present analytic piocann, future analytic piocfaidh, verbal noun piocadh, past participle pioctha)

1. to pick (grasp and pull with fingers; remove a fruit or plant for consumption; decide between options)
2. to preen

• pioc ar

pioc m (genitive singular pioc)

1. bit, jot, whit, iota

   Bhí sé gach uile phioc chomh gléasta agus dá mba ea. ― It was every bit as shiny as could be.

2. (chiefly in the negative) nothing
3. particle (as of flesh)

• dada

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pioc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pioc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pioc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025