pig
[noun]
Synonyms:
- hog, boar, porker, sow, swine
- slob (slang), boor, brute, glutton, swine

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pig¹ S2 /pɪɡ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English picga]

1.
ANIMAL a farm animal with short legs, a fat body, and a curved tail. Pigs are kept for their meat, which includes pork, BACON, and ham. Synonym : hog American English:
He kept pigs and poultry.

2. PERSON spoken
a) someone who eats too much or eats more than their share:
You greedy pig, you ate all the candy!
I made a bit of a pig of myself (=ate too much) at dinner.
b) someone who is unpleasant in some way, for example unkind or very untidy:
They live like pigs in that house over the road.
You can tell him from me he’s an ignorant pig.
(male) chauvinist pig (=a man who thinks women are not equal to men)

3. POLICE taboo informal an offensive word for a police officer. Do not use this word.

4. a pig (of a something) British English spoken something that is very difficult or unpleasant to do:
They’re improving, and they’re a pig of a team to beat.

5. make a pig’s ear of something British English spoken to do something very badly:
Someone’s made a right pig’s ear of these repairs.

6. in a pig’s eye American English spoken informal used to show that you do not believe what someone is saying

7. pig in a poke spoken something you bought without seeing it first and that is not as good or valuable as you expected:
What if the car you buy turns out to be a pig in a poke?

8. pigs might fly British English, when pigs fly American English spoken used to say that you do not think something will happen:
‘Someone might have handed in your pass.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly.’

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. pig² verb (past tense and past participle pigged, present participle pigging)
pig out phrasal verb
informal to eat a lot of food all at once
pig out on
I found Sam in front of the TV, pigging out on pizza and fries.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pig
noun
I. animal
ADJ. domestic | feral, wild | sucking/suckling
VERB + PIG breed | keep | feed | fatten pigs being fattened for slaughter
slaughter
PIG + VERB grunt, oink, squeal | browse, root A pig rooted in the orchard.
PIG + NOUN farm, farmer

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pig
II. person
ADJ. fat | greedy | male chauvinist
PHRASES make a pig of yourself We cooked up a load of pasta and all made pigs of ourselves.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

PIG
Pretty Insensitive Guy 
Pretty Intelligent Girl 
Pretty Intelligent Guy 
Pretty Interesting Girl 
Pretty Interesting Guy 
Pride Integrity Guts

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