pig

1. 1

   Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.countable

   • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
2. 2

   Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.; A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).countablespecificallyuncountable

   • Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
3. 3

   The edible meat of such an animal; pork.uncountable

   • Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
4. 4

   A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called piggy pink).uncountable

   • So far on the streets there's been a lot of metallic pink (the kind of pink as in the shade of pig you get, and this is exactly the shade of the diary I've been writing in) […]
5. 5

   A person:; Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.countablederogatoryfiguratively

   • You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
   • When you figure out the maze and get to the middle, that's when you get your free cocoa. It's on a table in two big thermos jugs, and there's cups and a ladle, and the sign says, "One cup per customer, PLEASE!" because some people are pigs.
6. 6

   A person:; A lecherous or sexist man.countablederogatoryfiguratively

   • She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
7. 7

   A person:; A dirty or slovenly person.countablederogatoryfiguratively

   • He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
8. 8

   A person:; An obese person.countablederogatoryfiguratively

9. 9

   A person:; A greedy person.countablederogatoryfiguratively

   • Capitalist pigs love exploiting the working classes for their own benefits.
10. 10

    A person:; A police officer.countablederogatoryfiguratively

    • The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.

syn. grice · hog · oinker · pig · piggy · porker · squealer · swine

1. 1

   To give birth.

   • The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
2. 2

   To greedily consume (especially food).intransitive

   • They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
3. 3

   To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.intransitive

4. 4

   To live together in a crowded filthy manner.intransitive

5. 5

   To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).transitive

1. 1

   An earthenware pot or jarScotland

2. 2

   An earthenware pot or jar; An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottleScotlandspecifically

syn. grice · hog · oinker · pig · piggy · porker · squealer · swine