pig

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pig

A pig eats from a trough in the barn.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A domesticated mammal: A pig is a stout-bodied, short-legged mammal with a thick skin, often covered in sparse hair, and a snout used for digging. It is raised for its meat.
    • A person with negative traits: Informally, "pig" can refer to a person who is greedy, dirty, unpleasant, or eats too much.
    • A crude metal block: A mass of metal, especially iron or lead, cast in a simple shape from a smelting furnace.
    • A police officer: (Slang, often derogatory) An uncomplimentary term for a police officer.

  2. Verb:

    • To give birth (for swine): Used specifically for a female pig (sow) giving birth to piglets.
    • To eat greedily: To consume food in a ravenous, messy, or gluttonous manner.
    • To live in squalor: To live in a very dirty or untidy condition.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The farmer raises pigs for pork and bacon.
    • Don't be such a pig—clean up your mess!
    • The factory produced iron pigs for further processing.
    • (Slang) The protesters yelled at the pigs.

  • Verb:

    • The sow is expected to pig next week.
    • He pigged on pizza and ice cream all night.
    • The students pigged in their dorm room for months.
Advanced Usage

  • "To make a pig of oneself": To overeat; to eat greedily and excessively.

    • At the buffet, I really made a pig of myself.

  • "To buy a pig in a poke": To buy something without seeing it or knowing its value, thus risking a bad purchase.

    • Buying a used car online can be like buying a pig in a poke.

  • "Pigs might fly": Used to express that something is very unlikely to happen.

    • He'll apologize when pigs fly!
Variants and Related Words

  • Piggy (noun, informal): A child's word for a pig or a term of endearment.

    • She has a collection of piggy banks.

  • Piglet (noun): A young pig.

    • The piglets followed their mother.

  • Pigsty (noun): A pen for pigs; figuratively, a very messy place.

    • His room is a complete pigsty.

  • Pig iron (noun): Crude iron as first obtained from a smelting furnace.

    • The plant converts pig iron into steel.
Synonyms
  • Noun (animal): Hog, swine, sow (female), boar (male).
  • Noun (person): Glutton, slob, sloven.
  • Verb (eat): Gorge, devour, gulp, wolf down.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Pig out (on something) (informal): To eat a very large amount of food.
    • We pigged out on popcorn during the movie.
Related Idioms

  • "In a pig's eye" (slang, chiefly US): An expression of strong disbelief; nonsense.

    • He said he'd finish it on time? In a pig's eye!

  • "Sweat like a pig": To sweat profusely.

    • After running, I was sweating like a pig.

  • "When pigs fly": Same as "Pigs might fly," meaning never.

    • I'll believe that when pigs fly.
pig

A pig eats from a trough in the barn.

Noun
  1. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
  2. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
  3. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  4. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
  5. a coarse obnoxious person
  6. domestic swine
Verb
  1. give birth
    • sows farrow
  2. eat greedily
    • he devoured three sandwiches
  3. live like a pig, in squalor

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