pig

Speech parts

1. pig - Noun

2. pig - Verb

4. Pig - Proper noun

Meaning

A piggin.

The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hog bobby raven farrow barrow bandicoot mara fitch gourmand aardvark constabulary serval razorback bull beast
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Antonyms

angel beaver darling dear dynamo doer
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Hypernyms

swine have live animal bear birth

Hyponyms

porker slut slattern litterer trollop litterbug

Phrases with the word

pig in a poke make a pig's ear of fat as a pig in pig like a stuck pig pig's ear

Derivatives

pigged pigging

Examples

To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral. Abbie Hoffman

I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on Roger Ebert's colon. If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn't like my movie, then I'm sorry for him. Vincent Gallo

Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Ambrose Bierce

A pig will find mud. Russian Proverb

The dog barks, the pig eats. Corsican Proverb

The frost drives the pig home. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

piffy on a rock bun pifithrin piflufolastat Pig and Potato War Pig and Tinderbox pig ark