piggy
Plural: piggies
Noun
- A small pig, often used as a term of endearment.
- a young pig
- A pig (the animal).
- A guinea pig.
- A toe.
- A pig, a greedy person.
- A member of the police.
Adjective Satellite
- resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
- "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"
Adj
- resembling a pig
- greedy
- resembling a pig
- slovenly, dirty
- resembling a pig
- lecherous, often in a sexist way.
Adjective
- Resembling a pig, especially in being greedy or dirty.
Examples
- A truly piggy Scrabble player hoards all the āSā tiles, never letting others score big plurals.
- Can't you finish your dinner? You've been a piggy, haven't you?
- He has such cute piggies!
- Placing PIGGY on a double word score felt like a cute but powerful Words With Friends move.
- This little piggy went to market.
Origin / Etymology
From pig + -y.
Scrabble Score: 12
piggy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpiggy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
piggy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
piggy: valid Words With Friends Word