Plural form of penalty, informal A penalty shootout

A punishment imposed for a violation of law, The disadvantage or painful consequences resulting from an action or condition, Suffering, in person or property, as a punishment annexed by law or judicial decision to a violation of law; penal retribution

A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder, An artist's brush, especially a fine one, Writing utensil that uses graphite (commonly referred to as lead). Regular pencils usually have a graphite shaft surrounded by wood. Also available in a mechanical version where the graphite length can be adjusted and sharpening is not needed, verb_ To tentatively make a booking or appointment, write, draw, or trace with a pencil, transitive verb_ to write (a tentative appoinment) on an appointment calendar, so as to reserve time, but to allow the appointment to be readily canceled and replaced with another; -- also used figuratively, with other means of recording appointments. The notion being that something written in pencil can be more easily changed than something written in ink. The phrase is commonly used in the early stages of organizing a meeting of multiple persons, before it is known whether all attendees will be free at the suggested time, To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw

an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring), An ornamental object or piece of jewelry with a hook so that it can be hung from a chain around the neck, The cylindrical stem on a watchcase to which the guard-ring is attached, adjective_ held from above

Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspension, about to happen; imminent or impending, awaiting conclusion or confirmation, verb_ Present participle of pend

The act or process of piercing or penetrating something, especially, Insertion of the penis into the vagina or anus, The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult

short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers, Any species of the family Spheniscid‘ or Aptenodytid‘. (See Spheniscid‘ for technical characters.), Any of various stout, flightless aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having flipperlike wings and webbed feet adapted for swimming and diving, short scalelike feathers, and white underparts with a dark back

a large mass of land projecting into a body of water, A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus, geography A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass

The male organ of copulation; the intromittent or copulatory organ of the male sex of any animal, the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism), Any of various copulatory organs in males of lower animals

In the United States, a cent, Money in general_ as, it cost a pretty penny (a good round sum); to turn an honest penny, a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit, verb_ slang To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door, electronics To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket, adjective_ Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails, Worth or costing one penny