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pig (pig)

noun pl. pigs or pig

  1. any swine, esp. the unweaned young of the thick-bodied domesticated species (Sus scrofa)
  2. meat from a pig; pork
  3. a person regarded as acting or looking like a pig; greedy or filthy person

  4. Etymology: from the shape or size

    1. an oblong casting of iron or other metal poured from the smelting furnace
    2. any of the molds in which these are cast
    3. pig iron
  5. Slang
    1. ☆ a slatternly or sluttish woman
    2. a rude or arrogant person
    3. a police officer: a derogatory term

Etymology: ME pigge, orig., young pig (replacing OE swin) < OE *picga, as in picgbread, mast, pig's food

intransitive verb pigged, pig′·ging

  1. to bear pigs
  2. to live in filth, like a pig: usually with it

pig Idioms

buy a pig in a poke

to buy, get, or agree to something without sight or knowledge of it in advance

pig out

Slang to eat in excess or large amounts: often with on

pig Synonyms

pig

n.

piglet, swine, shoat; see animal 2, hog 1.

buy a pig in a poke*

take a chance, buy something sight unseen, gamble; see risk.

pig Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fatten: I mean John Howard once said, or said with respect to this election, you can't fatten the pig on market day.
  • suckle: However, there were some unethical sellers who would try to trick buyers by concealing large cats in the bags instead of suckling pigs.
  • clon: Cloned pigs, sheep and cows have malfunctioning immune systems.
  • wean: After weaning, pigs are fed using Pioneer feeders for 13 days, then move straight onto the home produced liquid weaner diet.
  • infect: Given the right conditions, a dose as low as 10 virus particles by intranasal or intramuscular routes can infect young pigs 10.

Preposition: in

  • poke: A pig in a poke, in other words.
  • sty: Dad kept a pig in a sty at the top o ' the garden.

Adjective modifier

  • pot-bellied: Currently it includes Shetland ponies, pot-bellied pigs and birds, future additions may include chipmunks and tortoises.
  • feral: On the way back we walked a little way along a creek and there saw a herd of six feral pigs.
  • transgenic: Analysis of transgene integration sites in transgenic pigs by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

Modifies a noun

  • sty: Next to the house, on the east side, was a byre with what appeared to be a pig sty next to it.
  • swill: You could take left over food there and it was boiled up and used for pig swill.
  • breeder: In the early 1880's he saw the need for effective organization among pig breeders.
  • iron: During June 2002 BW were in the process of balancing the gates by inserting quantities of pig iron into the balance beams.
  • farm: A pig farm was established on ground where later the Burgh Caravan site was laid out.

Noun used with modifier

  • guinea: See the guinea pig cages page for details of making a cheap indoor run.
  • suckling: Other local specialities include saltfish ( traditionally eaten with tomato sauce ), goat water, barbecue chicken and roast suckling pig.
  • roast: The sauce was a slick reduction made from roast pig 's ears.
  • weaner: Authored by Sue Skirrow, a Veterinary Officer, this document discusses Glassers disease, a bacterial infection that affects weaner pigs.
pig Quotes

'Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?' Said the Piggy,'I will.'

—Lear, Edward

You can put lipstick on a hog, and it's still a pig.

—Richards, Ann

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

—Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair

If you†believe in the philosophy of the pig troughöthat those with the biggest snouts should get the largest shareöI reject it.

—Weighell, Sidney

And they brought an Owl, and a useful Cart, And a pound of Rice, and a CranberryTart, And a hive of silvery Bees. And they brought a Pig, and some green Jack-daws, And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws, and forty Bottles of Ring-Bo-Ree, And no end of Stilton Cheese.

—Lear, Edward

One evening in October, when I was one-third sober, An'taking home a'load' with manly pride; My poor feet began to stutter, so I lay down in the gutter, And a pig came up an' lay down by my side. Then we sang 'It's all fair weather when good fellowsget together,' Till a lady passing by was heard to say: 'You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses', And the pig got up and slowly walked away.

—Burt, Benjamin Hapgood

Why, this fellow doesn't know any more about politics than a pig on Sunday.

—Truman, Harry S

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

—Mill,John Stuart

Heap high the groaning platter with pink fillets, sucking pig and thick gammon, celestial chef. Be generous with the crackling. Let your hand slip with the gravy trough, dispensing plenty.

—MacBeth, George Mann