pig

Plural: pigs

Noun

• domestic swine
• a coarse obnoxious person
• a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
• a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
• Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus or the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
• Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus or 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).
• The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
• A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
• Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
• A lecherous or sexist man.
• A dirty or slovenly person.
• An obese person.
• A police officer.
• A difficult problem.
• An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
• The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
• A lead container used for radioactive waste.
• 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.
• The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
• A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
• A sixpence.
• A Cadillac car.
• A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
• An earthenware pot or jar
• An earthenware pot or jar
• An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle

Verb

Verb Forms: pigged, pigging, pigs

• To give birth to piglets; to farrow.
• live like a pig, in squalor
• eat greedily
• give birth
• To give birth.
• To greedily consume (especially food).
• To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
• To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
• To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).

Examples

• Chewing-gum is a pig to get out of your hair.
• He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
• His strategy was to PIG out on triple-word scores early in the game.
• Hrm... this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
• She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
• Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
• The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
• The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
• The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
• The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
• The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
• They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
• Unfortunately, the M60 is about twenty-four pounds and is very unbalanced. You try carrying the pig around the jungle and see how you feel.
• Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.
• You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!

Synonyms

bull, cop, copper, devour, farrow, fuzz, grunter, guttle, hog, pig bed, pig it, raven, slob, sloven, slovenly person, squealer, Sus scrofa, 5-O, All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, Homer Simpson, John Law, John Q. Law, Johnny Hopper, Mr Plod, Officer Friendly, Old Bill, PC Plod, alphabet, barney, beatsman, belly-god, bizzie, blue heeler, blue meanie, bluebottle, bluecoat, bobby, body snatcher, bogey, boy in blue, bullyman, butterball, buttons, buzgut, centenier, charpering omi, chazzer, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, cobbler, cormorant, cozzer, cracker, crowns, crusher, dibble, elephant, epicure, fat, fat fuck, fat-ass, fatass, fatfuck, fatshit, fatso, fattie, fatty, fed, filth, finest, finger, five-o, flatfoot, flatty, fussock, gannet, garda, gendarme, glowie, glutton, gorbelly, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, greedyguts, grice, guardian of the peace, hambeast, hamplanet, harman, harman-beck, heffalump, helluo, jack, jackboot, jake, landwhale, lardass, lardbucket, lardo, lawman, mee-maw, monarch, mutton shunter, nuthook, obeast, oinker, peeler, pig, pigg, piggy, plod, po-po, podge, police, police officer, policeman, policeperson, polis, porker, pudge, raw lobster, roller, roly-poly, rozzer, salad dodger, scufter, slop, slow belly, sow's baby, statie, swagbelly, swine, thunder thighs, trencherman, tub of guts, tub of lard, tubbo, twelve, tyre biter, unboiled lobster, walloper, whale, wooden-top

Related Words

hoggish, pannage, piggery, pigpen, pigsty, porciform, porcine

Anagrams of pig