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pixie

How to use pixie in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for pixie.

Editorial note

And pixie dust and sugar pills and wishes.

Examples12
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pixie gathered in one view.

noun

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

noun

creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pixie.

noun

creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

Example sentences

1

And pixie dust and sugar pills and wishes.

2

It takes a fair amount of pixie dust for these things to work out, so no one knows.

3

You don't get to Tom Paine without Cato - and there was a 1700 year process connecting the two. Western thinking about the rest of the world is full of unicorns and pixie dust.

4

Your idea that "cloud is actually pixie dust magically solving all problems" seems to fail your very own test.

5

Or at least, no one place that articulates the algorithm, which is instead spread like pixie dust over dozens of objects.

6

Too much of systemd is based on magical pixie dust, compatibility be damned, and not enough on actually making things better.

7

Must be those fanboys, that pixie dust, that RDF..."Some sort of subconscious need to find superiority in consumer purchases and brand loyalty.

8

Again, there is no magic pixie dust here, and the impact of the ISA alone on power consumption in processors that draw many tens of watts is negligible.

9

The point is that with any unityped representation you can come up with, the name tells you nothing certain; any conclusions you think you can draw from it are pixie-dust and moonshine.

10

> No, functional programming is not some kind of magic > pixie dust you can sprinkle on a computer and banish > all problems associated with the business of > programming.

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Must be those fanboys, that pixie dust, that RDF...It's the other way around: Apple isn't successful because of Gruber and Siegler, Gruber and Siegler are successful because they tied their fortunes to Apple.

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Is it part of some internal political battle being played out in public?Either we're not the intended audience for this message, or the C-levels at EA really are so delusional and detached from their customers that they think they can rub a little PR pixie dust on their reputation and make it all better.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use pixie in a sentence?

And pixie dust and sugar pills and wishes.

What does pixie mean?

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

What part of speech is pixie?

pixie is commonly used as noun.