pig
IPA: pˈɪg
noun
- Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- (derogatory, slang) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- (derogatory, slang) A lecherous or sexist man.
- (derogatory, slang) A dirty or slovenly person.
- (derogatory) A very obese person.
- (now chiefly US, UK, Australia, derogatory, slang) A police officer.
- (informal) A difficult problem.
- (countable and uncountable) 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.
- (engineering) 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.
- (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
- (Scotland) earthenware, or an earthenware shard
- An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
- Persuade, Identify, GOTV, an electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom.
- Police in gear.
- The twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
- Acronym of pipe inspection gauge.
- (medicine, biology) Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.
verb
- (of swine) To give birth.
- (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
- (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
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Examples of "pig" in Sentences
- Pigs wallowed in the hot mud.
- A 'pig' is an even toed ungulate.
- He stabbed the posterior of a pig.
- The fat pigs waddle on the street.
- The pig was despised by some ethnics.
- There is also the rearing of pigs and goats.
- Muslims revere pigs and thus do not eat the pigs.
- The pig is associated with fertility and virility.
- Cattle activity is represented by the bovine and pig.
- Pig cruelty is the infliction of suffering or harm upon pigs.
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