name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pint of milk. British, colloquial
2. 2
   A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis. uncountable
3. 3
   prison slang, uncountable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   An island in Ecuador, one of the Galapagos Islands.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the pronunciation of pint of milk. Compare cuppa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pinta.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish.

Related phrases

central americasouth america

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