Also means
woodpecker
Usage Note
Pic covers a mountain peak (le pic du Midi), a pickaxe (un pic for breaking rock), and the bird the woodpecker (un pic-vert = green woodpecker). The expression à pic means 'straight down' (a cliff that drops sheer) or, colloquially, 'just in time' (tu arrives à pic!).
Examples
"Ils ont atteint le pic à midi."
Natural Translation
They reached the peak at noon.

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