PIGS

Speech parts

1. PIGS - Noun

2. PIGS - Proper noun

Meaning

PIGS

(genetics) Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.

(economics, widely considered derogatory)
(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.

(during the European debt crisis) Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.

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Synonyms

farrow porcine piggy porker stock cattle boar fowl fuzz livestock swine sloven farm animal shoat black and white
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Related terms

PIIGGS PIIGS PIIIGS

Phrases with the word

when pigs fly pigs can fly pigs might fly pigs may fly if pigs had wings Bayou of Pigs

Anagrams

psig spig

Examples

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill

More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk. Bruce Schneier

Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything. Tim Allen

Pigs in the cold and men in drink make a great noise. Portuguese Proverb

The woman had no problems so she bought some pigs. Russian Proverb

It is hard work to be the mother of many pigs. Tibetan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

pigpen pigproof pigroot pigs and bulls pigs can fly pigs feet