piggy

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piggy

The little boy had piggy cheeks and a happy smile.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A young pig: A small or baby pig, often used affectionately or in children's contexts.
    • A small container for saving coins, typically shaped like a pig: A piggy bank.

  2. Adjective:

    • Resembling a pig; coarsely gluttonous or greedy: Having characteristics associated with pigs, such as greediness or messy eating habits. This usage is often informal and can be mildly critical or descriptive.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The children saw a tiny piggy at the farm.
    • She saved all her pennies in her ceramic piggy.

  • Adjective:

    • He had piggy eyes that seemed too small for his face.
    • Her piggy table manners were quite off-putting.
Advanced Usage

  • "Piggy in the middle": A children's game where two players throw a ball to each other and a third player in the middle tries to catch it; metaphorically, a person caught between two opposing sides.

    • During their argument, I felt like piggy in the middle.

  • "Piggyback": To carry someone on one's back and shoulders; or, to attach or add something to an existing system or plan. (Note: This is a compound word listed separately as a variant).

    • The child asked for a piggyback ride.
    • We can piggyback our proposal onto the main project.
Variants and Related Words
  • Piggyback (noun, verb, adverb): As described in 'Advanced Usage'.
  • Piggish (adjective): Greedy or behaving like a pig. (A stronger synonym for the adjectival sense of 'piggy').
  • Piglet (noun): A very young pig; a more standard term for a baby pig.
Synonyms
  • Noun (young pig): Piglet, shoat, farrow.
  • Adjective (greedy/gluttonous): Greedy, gluttonous, swinish, voracious.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: 'Piggy' itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The related compound 'piggyback' functions as a phrasal verb.) - To piggyback on something: To use something that already exists or is already happening in order to get an advantage for yourself. - The new software piggybacks on the existing network.

Related Idioms
  • "This little piggy went to market...": The first line of a traditional nursery rhyme or toe-counting game for very young children.
    • She played "This little piggy..." with the baby's toes.
piggy

The little boy had piggy cheeks and a happy smile.

Adjective
  1. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
    • piggish table manners
    • the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
    • swinish slavering over food
Noun
  1. a young pig

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