Pig

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.
  • n. The edible parts of one of these mammals.
  • n. Informal A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
  • n. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
  • n. A mold in which such metal is cast.
  • n. Pig iron.
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.
  • n. Slang A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth to pigs; farrow.
  • phrasal-verb. pig out Slang To eat ravenously; gorge oneself: "a parent who asks a child, 'Would you like to pig out on pizza?'” ( George F. Will).
  • idiom. in a pig's eye Slang Under no condition; never.
  • idiom. pig in a poke Something that is offered in a manner that conceals its true nature or value.
  • idiom. pig it Slang To live in a piglike fashion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. earthenware, or an earthenware shard
  • n. An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
  • n. a pigeon.
  • n. Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.
  • n. A young swine, a piglet.
  • n. The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
  • n. Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
  • n. A nasty or disgusting person.
  • n. A dirty or slovenly person.
  • n. A difficult problem.
  • n. A block of cast metal.
  • n. The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
  • n. A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
  • n. a person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal)
  • v. to give birth.
  • v. To greedily consume (especially food).
  • v. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A piggin.
  • n. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
  • n. Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
  • n. An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
  • n. One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
  • v. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
  • v. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hog; a swine; especially, a porker, or young swine of either sex, the old male being called boar, the old female sow.
  • n. The flesh of swine; pork.
  • n. An oblong mass of metal that has been run while still molten into a mold excavated in sand; specifically, iron from the blast-furnace run into molds excavated in sand.
  • n. A customary unit of weight for lead, 301 pounds.
  • n. A very short space of time.
  • To bring forth pigs; bring forth in the manner of pigs; litter.
  • To act as pigs; live like a pig; live or huddle as pigs: sometimes with an indefinite it.
  • n. An earthen vessel; any article of earthenware.
  • n. A can for a chimney-top.
  • n. A potsherd.
  • n. Pig-iron collectively or any specified amount of iron pigs.
  • n. In forestry, see rigging-sled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. domestic swine
  • v. live like a pig, in squalor
  • v. give birth
  • n. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
  • v. eat greedily
  • n. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  • n. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
  • n. a coarse obnoxious person
  • n. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
  • Verb Form
    pigged    pigging    pigs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    live    bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver    selfish person    eat    police officer    policeman   
    Variant
    pigging    pigged    pigg    mine   
    Form
    pigged    pigging   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    piggin    hog    farrow    swine    porker    roaster    whinnock    tantony    sow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    big    brig    dig    fig    gig    jig    pigg    prig    renege   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    goat    hog    rat    deer    cat    dog    chicken    rabbit    cattle    wolf