The meaning of Pig

noun

A pig fit for being made into bacon and ham, typically heavier than both a porker and a cutter.

Usage examples:

Pigs are moving along very nicely and baconers are priced from 103-108p/kilo with lighter weight po…

noun

An unpleasant or despicable person.

Usage examples:

He lied to me, the bastard!

adjective

(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.

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A bastard darwinism

noun

An unpleasant person

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He was a bastard to his wife., you lied to me, you bastard!, humorous you won again? you lucky bast…

noun

An animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one.

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A wild beast

noun

A wild animal

noun

A tusked eurasian wild pig from which domestic pigs are descended, exterminated in britain in the 17th century.

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Today's feral hog population is a hybrid of domestic pigs and eurasian wild boars brought to north …

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A male pig kept for breeding on a farm, or a type of wild pig

noun

A savagely violent person or animal.

Usage examples:

He was a cold-blooded brute

adjective

Characterized by an absence of reasoning or intelligence.

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A brute struggle for social superiority

noun

A person who is offensive and rude, and often violent

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Historians have portrayed him as a brute who won only because of superior troop strength., they had…

noun

A person or thing that cuts something.

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Her face was furrowed with impatience, and she looked, then, almost my own age, middle twenties, in…

noun

A tool or device for cutting something

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Slide the frittata out of the pan and slice it with a pizza cutter., a hedge/wire/pastry cutter, th…

noun

A person, especially a worker, who cuts something

Usage examples:

The exploitation of sugar cane cutters in haiti is well known., he worked at the meat plant for 35 …

noun

(in christian and jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; satan.

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Belief in the devil

verb

Act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.

Usage examples:

There is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the bar

noun

An evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns

Usage examples:

What the devil are you doing?

noun

A large seabird with mainly white plumage, which catches fish by plunging into the water.

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Here, you can watch seabirds such as gannets and puffins up close - or stay inside and watch live v…

noun

An excessively greedy eater.

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Not only does pushing and shoving seem undignified, but such behaviour immediately marks the offend…

noun

A person who regularly eats too much

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What a glutton – he ate a whole pizza by himself.

noun

A person who eats greedily and noisily.

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Filling his mouth with rice and peas, he really was a greedy gobbler

noun

A turkeycock.

Usage examples:

Male turkeys are sometimes called gobblers, which makes sense because they gobble.

noun

A greedy person.

Usage examples:

All greedy gorbs will confirm there is always room for dessert

verb

Eat a large amount of (food) greedily.

Usage examples:

I am prone to gorbing the odd fresh cream bun

noun

(among romani people) a person who is not romani; a non-gypsy.

noun

A person who enjoys eating and often eats too much.

Usage examples:

I realise i'm doing what gourmands never do - reveal their favourite restaurants for fear of overpo…

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A person who enjoys eating large amounts of food

noun

A fish that makes a grunting noise, especially when caught.

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In the sometimes-translucent streams beneath us, we can see bream, catfish and grunters as well as …

noun

The stomach or belly.

Usage examples:

The terrible pain in his gut

verb

Remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it.

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After getting a few fish each, they swam in the pond before they went back to the beach to clean an…

noun

A person who eats or drinks something greedily.

Usage examples:

He is a noted soft drink guzzler

noun

A car, truck, etc. that uses large amounts of petrol very quickly

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This car's a real gas guzzler., as more suvs and other guzzlers have been added to the roads, oil d…

noun

A domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter.

Usage examples:

Half of the remaining 1.4% of the value of poultry products comes from farms that specialize in hog…

verb

Take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way.

Usage examples:

He never hogged the limelight

noun

A pig, esp. one allowed to grow large so that it can be used as food

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Don’t be a hog – take only as much as you can eat., he’s always hogging the newspaper (= using it s…

noun

Either of two small wingless parasitic insects that live on the skin of mammals and birds.

Usage examples:

Head lice are insects living on the human scalp and feeding on blood.

verb

Remove lice from.

Usage examples:

They were lousing each other; and it surprised us that they did not discontinue their work + as we …

noun

A small insect that lives on the bodies of people and animals

noun

A large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature.

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A monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf

verb

Criticize or reprimand severely.

Usage examples:

My mum used to monster me for coming home so late

noun

Any imaginary frightening creature, esp. one that is large and strange

Usage examples:

To the whole world, he was a monster., a monster shark

noun

A child's word for a pig or piglet.

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No, darling, that has nothing to do with piggies.

adjective

Resembling a pig, especially in features or appetite.

Usage examples:

Three pairs of little piggy eyes

noun

Pig

noun

A young pig.

Usage examples:

Everyone seems to adore the babies, particular our very young piglets and our ducklings.

noun

A young pig

noun

A young pig raised and fattened for food.

Usage examples:

Lynn tells us the contests fall into these categories: ‘shoulder, ribs, whole hogs and patio porker…

noun

A pig, especially one raised to produce meat

noun

A rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.

Usage examples:

Most people are familiar with mice, rats, hamsters, and guinea pigs, which are commonly kept as pets.

exclamation

Used to express mild annoyance or irritation.

Usage examples:

I just came upstairs to check the price of something on ebay (under $10, rats!) and saw the clock.

verb

Hunt or kill rats.

Usage examples:

We would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away

noun

A dishonest or unprincipled man.

Usage examples:

You are a rogue and an embezzler

verb

Remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

Usage examples:

The sowing has to be rogued to remove aberrant seedlings

noun

A person, organization, or country that does not behave in the usual or acceptable way

Usage examples:

Buzzy’s a fun-loving teenage rogue., a rogue employee might tap into the computer.

noun

A dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.

Usage examples:

That scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men

verb

Plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

Usage examples:

Fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top

noun

An adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.

Usage examples:

There are ten sows and fifty piglets at the farm

noun

A pig.

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A contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine

noun

A pig, esp. when raised for food

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He can be such a swine sometimes.

noun

An unfortunate or unhappy person.

Usage examples:

Can the poor wretch's corpse tell us anything?

noun

Someone who has suffered a lot and deserves sympathy

Usage examples:

The poor wretches had no chance to survive.