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P0130900 (pēs)n.1. A thing considered as a unit or an element of a larger thing, quantity, or class; a portion: a piece of string.2. A portion or part that has been separated from a whole: a piece of pie.3. An object that is one member of a group or class: a piece of furniture.4. An artistic, musical, or literary work or composition: "They are lively and well-plotted pieces, both in prose" (Tucker Brooke).5. An instance; a specimen: a piece of sheer folly.6. What one has to say about something; an opinion: speak one's piece.7. A coin: a ten-cent piece.8. Games a. One of the counters or figures used in playing various board games.b. Any one of the chess figures other than a pawn.9. Slang A firearm, especially a rifle.10. Informal A given distance: "There was farm country down the road on the right a piece" (James Agee).tr.v. pieced, piec·ing, piec·es 1. To mend by adding pieces or a piece to: piece a dress.2. To join or unite the pieces of: He pieced together the vase. She pieced together an account of what had gone on during the stormy meeting.Idioms: a piece of (one's) mind Frank and severe criticism; censure. of a piece Belonging to the same class or kind. piece by piece In stages: took the clock apart piece by piece. piece of ass Vulgar Slang A person, especially a woman, considered sexually attractive. piece of cake Informal Something very easy to do. piece of the action Slang A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander). piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel).

[Middle English pece, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, probably of Celtic origin.]

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piece of cake - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, pushover, breeze, walkover, snapdoddle - an easy taskproject, task, undertaking, labor - any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"

piece of cake

A very easy task or accomplishment. I thought I was going to fail the test, but it turned out to be a piece of cake!See also: cake, of, piece

piece of cake

Fig. something easy to do. No problem. When you know what you're doing, it's a piece of cake. Glad to help. It was a piece of cake. Rescuing frightened cats is my specialty. Piece of cake!See also: cake, of, piece

piece of cake

Something easily accomplished, as in I had no trouble finding your house-a piece of cake. This expression originated in the Royal Air Force in the late 1930s for an easy mission, and the precise reference is as mysterious as that of the simile easy as pie. Possibly it evokes the easy accomplishment of swallowing a slice of sweet dessert. See also: cake, of, piece

a piece of cake

COMMON If something is a piece of cake, it is very easy to do. If it's quiet, the job's a piece of cake. Her family have 11 children, so looking after 4 will be a piece of cake for her.See also: cake, of, piece

a piece of cake

something easily achieved. informalSee also: cake, of, piece

a piece of ˈcake

(informal) (British English also a piece of ˈpiss taboo, slang) (of a task, etc.) very easy to do: After climbing mountains in the Swiss Alps, going up English hills is a piece of cake. ♢ Taking photos should be a piece of cake with the new camera I’ve got. OPPOSITE: a tall orderSee also: cake, of, piece

piece of cake

1. n. something easy to do. No problem. When you know what you’re doing, it’s a piece of cake. 2. exclam. It’s a piece of cake!; It’s easy! (Usually Piece of cake!) Rescuing drowning cats is my specialty. Piece of cake! See also: cake, of, piece

piece of cake

Informal Something very easy to do.See also: cake, of, piece

piece of cake, it's a

It is laughably simple; it’s easily accomplished. This term is supposedly derived from the cakewalk, originally (mid-nineteenth century) an African-American promenading contest in which couples who devised the most intricate or appealing steps won a cake as a prize. Later the phrase came to mean a high-stepping dance with a strutting step, based on the promenade, as well as the music for such dancing. Finally, by the early twentieth century, cakewalk came to be slang for something stylish, pleasurable, and easy to do, and by the late 1930s it had been converted to piece of cake. Both piece of cake and cakewalk were British armed forces slang for an easy mission during World War II, and the former was used as the title for a television drama (1989; 1990 in America) about the Royal Air Force during that conflict. See also easy as pie; duck soup.See also: of, piece

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noun any undertaking that is easy to do

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