piece

Related to piece: Piece work

piece

1. offensive slang A female regarded solely as an object of sexual attraction or gratification. Tom spends every weekend looking for a new piece to get in bed with. Look at that piece standing by the bar. What a hottie!
2. slang A firearm, especially a handgun. Make sure you bring your piece with you in case this meeting turns ugly. He lifted up his shirt to show them the piece he had tucked in his belt.
3. slang A euphemistic shortening of "piece of shit," a derisive term for something that one considers utterly worthless or inferior. This computer my brother gave me is a total piece. It barely even runs!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

piece (of the action)

 and bit of the action; slice of the action
Sl. a share in the activity or the profits. (Especially of a business scheme or gambling activity.) If you get in on that real estate deal, I want a piece, too. Deal Tom in. He wants a piece of the action.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

piece

verb
See piece of the action

piece

1. n. a sexually attractive (young) woman. (Crude.) Who’s that piece I saw you with last night?
2. n. a gun, especially a revolver. (Underworld.) Okay, this gun is aimed at your head. Drop your piece.
3. n. a tiny ponytail worn by males. Even the little boys—six and seven years old—want to wear a piece. Tony pointed out that lots of pirates wore pieces.
4. n. a piece of shit; POS; something worthless. This car is a piece. Couldn’t you gank something better?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (all) of a piece
  • (do) you want a piece of me?
  • (one's) party piece
  • (you) wanna piece of me?
  • (You) wanna step outside?
  • (You) want to step outside?
  • a cold piece of work
  • a nasty piece of work
  • a piece of (one's) mind
  • a piece of cake
  • a piece of meat
  • a piece of mind
  • a piece of old tackie
  • a piece of piss
  • a piece of the action
  • a piece of the pie
  • a piece of work
  • a piece/slice of the action
  • abbreviated piece of nothing
  • all in one piece
  • all of a piece
  • all of a piece with (something)
  • all of a piece with something
  • be (all) of a piece
  • be a nasty piece of work
  • be a piece of cake
  • be shot to pieces
  • be thrilled to pieces
  • beat (something) all to pieces
  • bits and pieces
  • blow (someone or something) to pieces
  • blow to smithereens
  • break (something) to pieces
  • break to pieces
  • collector's item
  • collector's piece
  • conversation piece
  • cut (someone) to pieces
  • cut (something) to pieces
  • dash to pieces
  • dime piece
  • fall to pieces
  • fur piece
  • give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind
  • give a piece of mind
  • give somebody a piece of your mind
  • give someone a piece of your mind
  • go to pieces
  • hack (something) to pieces
  • hold (one's) peace
  • How long is a piece of string?
  • in bits and pieces
  • in one piece
  • love to pieces
  • mouthpiece
  • museum piece
  • museum piece, a
  • of a piece
  • op-ed piece
  • pick (someone or something) to pieces
  • pick (something) to bits
  • pick apart
  • pick holes in
  • pick someone or something to pieces
  • pick to pieces
  • pick up the pieces
  • pick, pull, etc. somebody/something to bits/pieces
  • piece
  • piece by piece
  • pièce de résistance
  • piece of cake
  • piece of cake, it's a
  • piece of change
  • piece of crap
  • piece of garbage
  • piece of goods, a
  • piece of one's mind
  • piece of one's mind, (to give someone) a
  • piece of piss
  • piece of snatch
  • piece of tail
  • piece of the action
  • piece of the action, a
  • piece of the pie
  • piece of work
  • piece of work, a
  • piece out
  • piece together
  • piecework
  • puff piece
  • pull (something) to pieces
  • pull to pieces
  • rip (someone or something) to pieces
  • say (one's) piece
  • say piece
  • say your piece
  • shoot to pieces
  • shot full of holes
  • shot to pieces
  • sky-piece
  • speak (one's) piece
  • speak one's piece
  • take a piece out of (one)
  • take to pieces
  • tear (someone or something) to pieces
  • tear (someone or something) to shreds
  • tear somebody/something to pieces/shreds
  • tear through (something)
  • tear to pieces
  • that beats all to pieces
  • the pièce de résistance
  • the villain of the piece
  • think piece
  • think-piece
  • thirty pieces of silver
  • thrill (one) to pieces
  • thrill to pieces
  • thrilled to death
  • thrilled to pieces
  • tickle (one) to pieces
  • tickled to pieces
  • to pieces
  • villain of the piece
  • villain of the piece, the
  • want a piece of me?
  • You want a piece of me?
  • your party piece
  • your/the pièce de résistance
References in classic literature
Then I took the pieces of cable which I had cut in the ship, and laid them in rows, one upon another, within the circle, between these two rows of stakes, up to the top, placing other stakes in the inside, leaning against them, about two feet and a half high, like a spur to a post; and this fence was so strong, that neither man nor beast could get into it or over it.
However, I made me a table and a chair, as I observed above, in the first place; and this I did out of the short pieces of boards that I brought on my raft from the ship.
Robinson Crusoe
Have you got two- and-sixpence for half-a-crown, Miss Snevellicci?' said Mr Curdle, turning over four of those pieces of money.
At length, and by little and little, omitting something in this place, and adding something in that, Miss Snevellicci pledged herself to a bill of fare which was comprehensive enough, if it had no other merit (it included among other trifles, four pieces, divers songs, a few combats, and several dances); and they returned home, pretty well exhausted with the business of the day.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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Three pieces live ammo of undetermined caliber pistol;
2 village execs nabbed for possession of firearms, ammunition - CIDG
In 2018, there were in total 2,381 pieces of counterfeited banknotes and coins of all currencies and denominations registered in the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH), being 28.13% less compared to the previous year.
CBBH - Decrease in recorded counterfeit banknotes in 2018
Place the 8-inch end of piece B near the center of piece A so it makes a T shape.
How-to: build a cat scratching post
And there is such variety in the work." Sometimes, when he brings back a piece she lit many years earlier, she looks at it anew and says, "I don't know the lighting designer who did those pieces--I've changed that much."
Lighting the way
The first piece, "Invention" is a true invention, with the motive passed back and forth between the hands.
Tribute to the Masters: Six Original Pieces Inspired by Timeless Composers
In squeeze casting, pieces of the die move together to form the liquid metal into a shape.
Modeling casting on the move
When it was originally presented in 1974 at Galerie Konrad Fischer in Dusseldorf, the piece consisted of a stack of paper, each page bearing instructions of fewer than two hundred words, to be taken and performed by the viewer.
Repeat performance: Johanna Burton on Marina Abramovic's Seven Easy Pieces
The Camp Louise pottery program strives to be sure that all campers create a piece to take home--a piece that the child is proud of and the family keeps as a memory of the camp experience.
A practical approach to pottery at summer camp
If the small triangle measured one unit of area, how many small triangles would cover each tangram piece? What would be the area of the original square shape of seven pieces?
Tackling Tangrams