Pork Definition
pôrk
porks
noun
porks
A pig or hog.
Webster's New World
The flesh of a pig or hog, used as food, esp. when used fresh, or uncured.
Webster's New World
Government funds, appointments, or benefits dispensed or legislated by politicians to gain favor with their constituents.
American Heritage
Money, jobs, etc. appropriated, or set aside, as political patronage.
Webster's New World
(US, politics, slang) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or his or her constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
Wiktionary
verb
To eat ravenously; gorge oneself. Used with out.
American Heritage
To become fat. Used with out.
American Heritage
To engage in sexual intercourse with (another). Used especially of a man.
American Heritage
(slang, vulgar) To have sex with (someone)
Wiktionary
Origin of Pork
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From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig", also "pork"), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig"), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig"). Cognate with Old English fearh (“young pig, hog"). More at farrow.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French porc pig from Latin porcus porko- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.
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