pig

pig  (pg)

n.

1.

a. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.

b. The edible parts of one of these mammals.

2. Informal A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.

3.

a. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.

b. A mold in which such metal is cast.

c. Pig iron.

4. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.

5. Slang A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.

intr.v. pigged, pig·ging, pigs

To give birth to pigs; farrow.

Phrasal Verb:

pig out Slang

To eat ravenously; gorge oneself: "a parent who asks a child, 'Would you like to pig out on pizza?'" George F. Will.

Idioms:

in a pig's eye Slang

Under no condition; never.

pig in a poke

Something that is offered in a manner that conceals its true nature or value.

pig it Slang

To live in a piglike fashion.

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[Middle English pigge, young pig, probably from Old English *picga.]

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pig

Noun

1. a mammal with a long head, a snout, and bristle-covered skin, which is kept and killed for pork, ham, and bacon Related adjective porcine

2. Informal a dirty, greedy, or bad-mannered person

3. Offensive slang a policeman

4. a mass of metal cast into a simple shape

5. Brit informal something that is difficult or unpleasant: the coast is a pig for little boats

6. a pig in a poke something bought or received without previous sight or knowledge

7. make a pig of oneself Informal to overeat

Verb

[pigging, pigged]

1. (of a sow) to give birth

2. (often foll. by out)Slang to eat greedily or to excess: she had pigged out on pizza before the show [Middle English pigge]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pig - domestic swine grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa, hog swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae porker - a pig fattened to provide meat trotter - foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food porc, pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig lard - soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
	2.	pig - a coarse obnoxious person slob, sloven, slovenly person litter lout, litterbug, litterer - a person who litters public places with refuse slovenly woman, slut, trollop, slattern - a dirty untidy woman vulgarian - a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
	3.	pig - a person regarded as greedy and pig-like hog selfish person - a person who is unusually selfish
	4.	pig - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman cop, fuzz, copper, bull colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
	5.	pig - mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast pig bed cast, mold, mould - container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
	6.	pig - a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace block of metal, ingot, metal bar - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
Verb	1.	pig - live like a pig, in squalor pig it live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
	2.	pig - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" guttle, raven, devour eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
	3.	pig - give birth; "sows farrow" farrow birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have - cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

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pig

noun 1. hog, sow, boar, piggy, swine, grunter, piglet, porker, shoat

noun 2. (Informal) slob, hog (informal) guzzler (slang) glutton, gannet (informal) sloven, greedy guts (slang)

noun 3. (Informal) brute, monster, scoundrel, animal, beast, rogue, swine, rotter, boor >> adjective porcine >> male boar >> female sow >> young piglet >> collective noun litter >> habitation sty

Translations

pig [pɪg] n → cerdo, puerco, chancho (LAM);

(person) (greedy) → tragón/ona m/f; comilón/ona m/f;

(nasty) → cerdo/a

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pig [pɪg] n → cochon m, porc m;

(pej) (= unkind person); mufle m: (= greedy person); goinfre m

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pig [pɪg] n (also pej) → Schwein nt (= greedy person); Vielfraß m

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pig [pɪg] n → maiale m; porco