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   pig

   /pɪɡ/

   noun

   • 1. an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat. Similar hogboarsowporkerswinepigletchild language:piggyrare:baconercuttergrunter
   • ▪ a wild animal of the pig family; a hog.
   • ▪ a young pig; a piglet. North American
   • ▪ the flesh of a pig as food.
   • 2. a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person: informal "I bet he's scoffed them all, greedy pig" Similar gluttonguzzlergobblergorgergourmandgourmandizerbinge eaterinformal:greedy pighoggutsgannetgreedy gutsgorbbrutemonsterdevilscoundrelroguewretchinformal:beastlouseratson of a bitchSOBlow lifetoeragscroteblighterderogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swineinformal, dated:heelstinkerbounderrottercadvulgar slang:shitsodbugger
   • 3. a police officer: derogatory "were the pigs there when the windows were smashed or not?"
   • 4. an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
   • 5. a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.

   verb

   • 1. gorge oneself with food: informal "he'd pigged himself on the last of the food"
   • 2. (of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
   • 3. operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline: "they will carry out all trenching and pigging"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from the first element of Old Englishpicbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).

   Derivatives

   • 1. piglike adjective
   • 2. pigling noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPIG | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     PIG meaning: 1. a large pink, brown, or black farm animal...

   • Znaczenie Pig, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     pig definicja: 1. a large pink, brown, or black farm animal...

   • Pig Out

     PIG OUT definition: 1. to eat a lot or too much: 2. to eat a...

   • Hog

     HOG definition: 1. a pig, especially one that is allowed to...

   • Pig: Thai Translation

     pig translate: หมู, คนตะกละตะกลาม. Learn more in the...

   • Pig: Malay Translation

     PIG translate: khinzir, babi. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pig: Catalan Translation

     pig translate: porc, porc, -a, golafre. Learn more in the...

   • Pig: Italian Translation

     PIG translate: maiale, maiale, ghiottone, -a, maiale, porco....

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pigPig Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PigPig - Wikipedia

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   The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species ...

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › pigPIG Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   noun. a young swine of either sex, especially a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, typically weighing less than 300 pounds (136 kilograms). any wild or domestic swine in the genus Sus, within the family Suidae Old World pigs. the flesh of swine; pork.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › pigPig - definition of pig by The Free Dictionary

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7. www.britannica.com › dictionary › pigPig Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   PIG meaning: 1 : an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild; 2 : someone who eats a lot of food especially at one time

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionpig noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

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   Definition of pig noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.