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Pig

Pig Meaning & Definition
Pig Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pig?

[n] domestic swine
[n] a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
[n] mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
[n] (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
[n] a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
[n] a coarse obnoxious person
[v] birth; of sows
[v] eat greedily
[v] live like a pig, in squalor

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pig: bull | cop | copper | devour | farrow | fuzz | grunter | gulp | guttle | hog | hog | pig bed | pig it | raven | slob | sloven | slovenly person | squealer | Sus scrofa

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pig: aardvark | aardwolf | alpaca | Angora goat | animal | anteater | antelope | antelope chipmunk | aoudad | apar | Arctic fox | armadillo | ass | aurochs | bacon | badger | bandicoot | barrow | bassarisk | bat | bear | beast | beaver | Belgian hare | belly-god | bettong | bicycle | bigot | bike | binturong | bison | black bear | black buck | black cat | black fox | black sheep | blue fox | bluecoat | boar | bobby | bobcat | brown bear | brush deer | brush wolf | buffalo | buffalo wolf | bull | bullion | burro | burro deer | butt | button | cachalot | Caffre cat | camel | camelopard | capybara | carabao | caribou | carpincho | cast | casting | cat | catamount | cat-a-mountain | cattalo | cavy | chamois | chauvinist | cheetah | chevrotain | chinchilla | chipmunk | chitterlings | chopper | cinnamon bear | cochon de lait | coon | coon cat | cop | copper | cormorant | cotton mouse | cotton rat | cougar | cow | coyote | coypu | cracklings | cur | cycle | cyprian | deer | deer tiger | dick | dingo | doctrinaire | dog | Dogberry | dogmatist | donkey | dormouse | drab | dromedary | echidna | eland | elephant | elk | ermine | eyra | fallow deer | fanatic | fat back | ferret | field mouse | fisher | fitch | flatfoot | flattie | flitch | flying phalanger | foumart | fox | fox squirrel | frump | fuzz | gammon | gate | gazelle | gemsbok | gendarme | genet | gilt | giraffe | glutton | gnu | gnu goat | goat | goat antelope | gopher | gorger | gormand | gormandizer | gourmand | gourmandizer | greedy eater | greedygut | greedyguts | grizzly bear | ground squirrel | groundhog | guanaco | guinea pig | gumshoe | guttler | ham | ham steak | hamster | hare | harnessed antelope | hartebeest | haslet | headcheese | heat | hedgehog | hippopotamus | hog | horse | hound | husky eater | hussy | hyena | hyrax | ibex | illiberal | Indian buffalo | ingot | insect | intolerant | iron | jackal | jackass | jackrabbit | jade | jaguar | jaguarundi | jambon | jambonneau | jerboa | jerboa kangaroo | jezebel | jingo | John Law | kaama | kangaroo | kangaroo mouse | kangaroo rat | karakul | kinkajou | kit fox | koala | Kodiak bear | lapin | lard | lemming | leopard | leopard cat | lion | litterbug | llama | lynx | male chauvinist | mammoth | man | mara | marmot | marten | mastodon | meerkat | minibike | mink | mole | mongoose | mongrel | moose | motocycle | motorbike | motorcycle | mouflon | mountain goat | mountain lion | mountain sheep | mouse | mule | mule deer | muntjac | musk deer | musk hog | musk-ox | muskrat | musquash | nab | nilgai | nutria | ocelot | okapi | onager | oont | opossum | otter | ounce | ox | pack rat | paddy | painter | panda | pangolin | panther | peccary | pedicab | peeler | peludo | phalanger | picnic ham | pieds de cochon | piggy | piglet | pigling | pine mouse | platypus | pocket gopher | pocket mouse | pocket rat | polar bear | polar fox | polecat | porcupine | pork | porker | porkpie | possum | pouched rat | poyou | prairie dog | prairie wolf | pronghorn | puma | rabbit | raccoon | racist | rat | razorback | red deer | red squirrel | regulus | reindeer | reptile | rhinoceros | road-bike | roe | roe deer | roebuck | sable | salt pork | schlep | schlump | serpent | serval | sexist | shamus | sheep | sheet metal | shoat | shrew | shrew mole | side of bacon | sika | silver fox | skunk | slattern | slob | sloppy Joe | sloth | sloven | slut | small ham | snake | snowshoe rabbit | sow | sowbelly | springbok | squirrel | stoat | strumpet | suckling pig | superpatriot | suslik | swamp rabbit | swine | takin | tamandua | tamarin | tapir | tarpan | tatou | tatou peba | tatouay | the cops | the fuzz | the law | tiger | tiger cat | timber wolf | trail bike | tramp | tree shrew | trencherman | trencherwoman | tricycle | trike | trollop | trotters | trull | tusker | ultranationalist | urus | varmint | vermin | viper | Virginia deer | vole | wallaby | warthog | water buffalo | waterbuck | weasel | wharf rat | wheel | whelp | whistler | white fox | wild ass | wild boar | wild goat | wild ox | wildcat | wildebeest | wolf | wolverine | wombat | wood rat | woodchuck | woolly mammoth | worm | yak | zebra | zebu | zoril

See Also | block of metal | cast | eat | genus Sus | ingot | lard | litter | litter lout | litterbug | litterer | live | metal bar | mold | mould | officer | police officer | policeman | porc | pork | porker | selfish person | slattern | slovenly woman | slut | Sus | swine | trotter | vulgarian

Pig In Webster's Dictionary

\Pig\, n. A piggin. [Written also {pigg}.]
\Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. ``Two pigges in a poke.'' --Chaucer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus} and related genera. 3. [Cf. {Sow} a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See {Mine pig}, under {Mine}. 4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] {Masked pig}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Masked}. {Pig bed} (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs. {Pig iron}, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See {Pig}, 4. {Pig yoke} (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant. {A pig in a poke} (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.]
\Pig\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pigging}.] 1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow. 2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

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