pig
/ˈpɪɡ/ verb C2- To give birth. · The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
- To greedily consume (especially food). · They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
- To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
- To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
- To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
He/she/it pigs · Past pigged · Past participle pigged · -ing form pigging
Verb forms
- Base form
- pig
- He/she/it
- pigs
- Past
- pigged
- Past participle
- pigged
- -ing form
- pigging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
A young Pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep.
the next word is ‘pig’s-bristles.’ We are undone, my good Watson!
“Tabaqui came to me not long ago with some rude talk that I was a naked man’s cub and not fit to dig pig-nuts.
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