pk

plural pks

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of pack.

plural PKs

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

   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 […]

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

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

   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!

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

   Synonyms: child of the manse

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableparapsychologyInitialism of psychokinesis.

   The question here is: were the extrachance scores due to the subject's precognition of the next target, or rather to his PK acting upon the electron flow and thus determining the target?

   1977, Stanley Krippner, Psychokinesis, page 95

3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of primary key.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableroleplaying gamesvideo gamesInitialism of player kill(er/ing).
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableAmerican footballInitialism of placekicker.
6. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of penalty kick.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of penalty kill(ing).
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of protein kinase.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of pharmacokinetics.
10. abbreviationcountableinformalinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of painkiller.

    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.

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

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    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.

    1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native (Usenet)

11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of penetrating keratoplasty.