pig
Meaning of pig
noun
- an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.
- a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.
I bet he's scoffed them all, greedy pig
- a police officer.
were the pigs there when the windows were smashed or not?
- an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
- a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.
- gorge oneself with food.
he'd pigged himself on the last of the food
we've been pigging ourselves on all the cuisines in LA
- (of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
- operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline.
they will carry out all trenching and pigging
Middle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).
Information about pig
- The plural form of pig is: pigs.
- Languages in which pig is used:
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Hyphenation of pig
pig
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- pig is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pig synonyms
Meaning hog:
Meaning slob:
Meaning bull:
Meaning devour:
Meaning farrow:
Meaning a tusked Eurasian wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended, exterminated in Britain in the 17th century:
Meaning plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth:
Meaning a young pig raised and fattened for food:
Meaning a pig:
Meaning a young pig:
Meaning a child's word for a pig or piglet:
Meaning a pig fit for being made into bacon and ham, typically heavier than both a porker and a cutter:
Meaning a person or thing that cuts something:
Meaning an excessively greedy eater:
Meaning a person who eats or drinks something greedily:
Meaning a person who eats greedily and noisily:
Meaning (among Romani people) a person who is not Romani; a non-Gypsy:
Meaning a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much:
Meaning the stomach or belly:
Meaning a large seabird with mainly white plumage, which catches fish by plunging into the water:
Meaning a greedy person:
Meaning a savagely violent person or animal:
Meaning an inhumanly cruel or wicked person:
Meaning a very wicked or cruel person:
Meaning a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue:
Meaning a dishonest or unprincipled man:
Meaning a despicable or contemptible person:
Meaning an unpleasant or despicable person:
Meaning an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person:
Meaning either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds:
Meaning a despicable person, especially a man who has been deceitful or disloyal:
Meaning a contemptible or worthless person:
Meaning a person who is regarded with contempt, irritation, or pity:
Meaning the back part of the human foot below the ankle:
Meaning a person or thing that smells very bad:
Meaning a dishonourable man:
Meaning a cruel, mean, or unkind person:
Meaning a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman:
Meaning faeces:
Meaning the surface of the ground, with the grass growing on it; turf:
Meaning used as a term of abuse, typically for a man:
Translation of pig
- German: Schwein
- Italian: maiale, porco, ciccione
- Spanish: cerdo, puerco, marrano, cochino, chancho, gordinflón, guatón
- French: cochon, porc
- Portuguese: porco, gordão
Anagrams of pig
Words that rhyme with pig
guineapig, hedgepig, whistlepig, bushpig, glycerophospholipig, philopig, spig
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