Pig Definition
pĭg
pigging, pigs
noun
pigs
Any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick-bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa)
Webster's New World
A domesticated hog, especially when weighing less than 54 kilograms (120 pounds).
American Heritage Medicine
The edible parts of one of these mammals.
American Heritage Medicine
A person regarded as acting or looking like a pig; greedy or filthy person.
Webster's New World
An oblong casting of iron or other metal poured from the smelting furnace.
Webster's New World
verb
pigging, pigs
To bear pigs.
Webster's New World
To live in filth, like a pig.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Persuade Identify GOTV, electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom.
Wiktionary
Pretty Intelligence Genius.
Wiktionary
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idiom
in a pig's eye
- Under no condition; never.
American Heritage
pig in a poke
- Something that is offered in a manner that conceals its true nature or value.
American Heritage
pig it
- To live in a piglike fashion.
American Heritage
buy a pig in a poke
- to buy, get, or agree to something without sight or knowledge of it in advance
Webster's New World
pig out
- to eat too much greedily
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pig
- in a pig's eye
- pig in a poke
- pig it
- buy a pig in a poke
- pig out
Origin of Pig
Middle English pigge young pig probably from Old English picga
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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