PK

PK

1. (metrology) Symbol for petakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10¹⁵ kelvins.

PK

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Pakistan.

   Synonym: PAK (alpha-3)

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

1. (US) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid, or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.

   Synonym: child of the manse

   Hypernyms: child, kid, offspring < person

   • 1906, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Religious Education

     The traditional community image of the pk (preacher's kid) and the social control function of gossip in relation to the minister's wife underline the interlocking nature […]

   • 1998, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith:

     I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity.

   • 2005, Warren L. Braun, Was It a Miracle?:

     And after all, I was a PK (preacher's kid) and no one wanted to play with a PK in any case! It might be catching, like the measles!

3. (parapsychology) Initialism of psychokinesis.
5. (computing, databases) Initialism of primary key.

   Coordinate term: FK

6. (video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).
7. (American football) Initialism of placekicker.
8. (US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick.
9. (ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).
11. (biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase.
13. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of painkiller.
    • 1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native‎^[1] (Usenet):

      I know a guy who had surgery done and he is now addicted to the PKs. I had a problem with a popular recreational substance about ten years ago and I'm realy not looking forward to counting that coup again. As it is now, I have a pile of PKs that the doc. gave me. I don't use them unless I can't even sit up.

    • 2017, Sean Avery, Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, [Toronto]: Viking Press, →ISBN, page unknown:

      But between the Toradol, Sudafed, Adderall, Vicodin, Percocet, and other PKs (painkillers), you didn't really need to buy street drugs. You could find the right state of mind right in the trainer's room.

15. (medicine) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty.

• (player kill): PKer

• KP

Borrowed from English PK.

PK

1. (slang) player killing (player-versus-player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs)

PK

1. (slang) to challenge; to compete with; to take somebody on as a rival; to compare the merits of two things

Initialism of 仆街 (puk1 gaai1, “bitch; jerk, etc.”).

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

P⫽K (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

PK

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) synonym of 仆街

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

P⫽K (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

PK

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) synonym of 仆街

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ka/

PK (plural PK-PK)

1. (military) initialism of prajurit karier
2. (law) initialism of peninjauan kembali
3. (management) initialism of perjanjian kinerja
4. (chemistry, healthcare) initialism of permanganas kalium (“potassium permanganate”)
5. (mechanical engineering) initialism of paardenkracht (“horsepower”)

Borrowed from English penalty kick.

• (Tokyo) ピーケー [pìíkéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [pʲiːke̞ː]

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē) 

1. (soccer) penalty kick

   Synonym: ペナルティーキック (penarutī kikku)

• PK戦

From English psychokinesis.

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē) 

1. synonym of サイコキネシス (saikokinesisu, “psychokinesis”)

From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Pusan and Kyŏngnam.

PK • (Pikei) (hangeul 피케이)

1. Busan–Gyeongnam; Busan and South Gyeongsang

• 부경 (釜慶, bugyeong)

• pk

PK (comparative mer PK, superlative mest PK, indeclinable)

1. initialism of politiskt korrekt (“politically correct”); PC

   Jag är så less på PK-media!

   I'm so tired of politically correct media!

• woke

PK c

1. initialism of presskonferens (“press conference”)

Initialism of pang-alis kati (literally “itch remover”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pi kej/ [pɪ xeɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ej

PK (LGBTQ slang, dated)

1. one-shot affair

• Reyes, Jose Javier (October 1977) “Swardspeak: A Preliminary Study.”, in Pintig Isip 1, volume 1, number 2, Manila, Philippines: Behavioral Sciences, De La Salle University, pages 60–85