pig
/ˈpɪɡ/ noun A1- Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus. · The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
- A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called piggy pink).
- Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily. · You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
- A lecherous or sexist man. · She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
- A dirty or slovenly person. · He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
- An obese person.
Plural pigs
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He then took the cabbage to the room where he had rabbits—for the Abbé Adelmonte had a collection of rabbits, cats, and guinea-pigs, fully as fine as his collection of vegetables, flowers, and fruit.
Flourens, in consequence of the rabbits, cats, and guinea-pigs they have killed?
Pig and Pepper
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