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- Dictionaryporky/ˈpɔːki/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or part of their body) fleshy or fat: informal "he bent his squat, porky frame over the rail of the bed"
- 2. of or resembling pork: "meaty rashers with a mild porky aroma"
noun
- 1. a lie: "you've been telling porkies"
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adjective. informal disapproving uk / ˈpɔː.ki / us / ˈpɔːr.ki / Add to word list. fat: He's been looking a bit porky since he gave up smoking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat. blob. blubbery. bulky. chubbiness. chubster. curvy. dumpy. fatness. full-figured. heavyset. obesity. over-fat.
noun. por· ky ˈpȯr-kē. plural porkies. : porcupine. Examples of porky in a Sentence. Adjective He's looking a little porky these days. Recent Examples on the Web. Adjective. But despite that weight-loss regimen, the Urus Performante is still pretty porky, tipping the scales at just over 5200 pounds.
Porky is used to describe food as having the flavor of pork (the meat from a pig), as in The bacon gives the dish a nice porky flavor. This sense of the word can be applied to dishes that have a prominent pork flavor or to pork itself when its flavor is strong, as in I think a lot of sausage is bland, but this is so flavorful—really nice and ...
adjective. informal disapproving us / ˈpɔːr.ki / uk / ˈpɔː.ki / Add to word list. fat: He's been looking kind of porky since he gave up smoking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fat or well-built. baby fat. blob. blubbery. bulky. chubbiness. chubster. corpulent. dumpy. fatness. full-figured. heavyset. love handles.
Definition of 'porky' Word Frequency. porky in British English. (ˈpɔːkɪ ) adjective Word forms: porkier, porkiest. 1. belonging to or characteristic of pork. a porky smell. 2. informal. fat; obese. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. porkiness (ˈporkiness) noun. Word Frequency. porky in British English.
Define porky. porky synonyms, porky pronunciation, porky translation, English dictionary definition of porky. adj. pork·i·er , pork·i·est 1. Of or like pork: a porky flavor. 2. Derogatory Slang Fat or corpulent. pork′i·ness n. n. pl. por·kies Informal A porcupine....
Definition of porky noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
