Definitions for PIG
pɪgpig

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofanoun

   domestic swine

2. slob, sloven, pig, slovenly personnoun

   a coarse obnoxious person

3. hog, pignoun

   a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

4. bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pignoun

   uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

5. pig bed, pignoun

   mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

6. pigverb

   a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

7. pig, pig itverb

   live like a pig, in squalor

8. devour, guttle, raven, pigverb

   eat greedily

   "he devoured three sandwiches"

9. farrow, pigverb

   give birth

   "sows farrow"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pignoun

   Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.

   The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.

2. pignoun

   (specifically) A young swine, a piglet.

3. pignoun

   The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

   Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.

4. pignoun

   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!

5. pignoun

   A nasty or disgusting person.

   She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.

6. pignoun

   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.

7. pignoun

   A police officer.

   The protester shouted, Don't give in to the pigs! as he was arrested.

8. pignoun

   A difficult problem.

   Hrm...this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!

9. pignoun

   A block of cast metal.

10. pigverb

    to give birth.

    The black sow pigged at seven this morning.

11. pigverb

    To greedily consume (especially food).

    They were pigging on the free food at the bar.

12. pignoun

    The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

    The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.

13. pignoun

    A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

    Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.

14. pignoun

    a person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal)

15. pignoun

    a pigeon.

16. Etymology: From pigge, from (attested only in compounds, such as picgbread), pet-form related to bigge, Pugge. Of uncertain origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pignoun

   Etymology: bigge, Dutch.

   1. A young sow or boar.

   Some men there are, love not a gaping pig,
   Some that are mad, if they behold a cat. William Shakespeare.

   Alba, from the white sow nam’d,
   That for her thirty sucking pigs was fam’d. Dryden.

   The flesh-meats of an easy digestion, are pig, lamb, rabbit and chicken. John Floyer, on the Humours.

   2. An oblong mass of lead or unforged iron.

   A nodding beam or pig of lead,
   May hurt the very ablest head. Alexander Pope.

2. To Pigverb

   To farrow; to bring pigs.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pig

   A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents, ranging from Europe to the Pacific islands. Suids other than the pig are the babirusa of Indonesia, the pygmy hog of Asia, the warthog of Africa, and another genus of pigs from Africa. The suids are a sister clade to peccaries. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets. Pigs are highly social and intelligent animals.With around 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domestic pig is among the most populous large mammals in the world. Pigs are omnivores and can consume a wide range of food. Pigs are biologically similar to humans and are thus frequently used for human medical research.

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1. pig

   A pig is a large, domesticated mammal that belongs to the species Sus scrofa domesticus in the Suidae family. It is primarily raised for its meat, called pork, but some breeds are also kept as pets. Pigs have a barrel-shaped body, a large snout, small eyes, and a short tail. They are known for their intelligence, high fertility rate, and ability to consume a wide variety of food items.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Pignoun

   a piggin

2. Pignoun

   the young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog

3. Pignoun

   any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera

4. Pignoun

   an oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine

5. Pignoun

   one who is hoggish; a greedy person

6. Pig

   to bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow

7. Pig

   to huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed

8. Etymology: [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pka.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pig

   A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar, along with other species; related creatures outside the genus include the babirusa and the warthog. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets. Pigs are omnivores and are highly social and intelligent animals.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pig

   pig, n. a swine of either gender: an oblong mass of unforged metal, as first extracted from the ore, so called because it is made to flow when melted in channels called pigs, branching from a main channel called the sow.—v.i. to bring forth pigs: to live together like pigs:—pr.p. pig′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. pigged.—adjs. Pig′-eyed, having small dull eyes with heavy lids; Pig′-faced, looking like a pig.—n. Pig′gery, a place where pigs are kept.—adj. Pig′gish, belonging to or like pigs: greedy, said of persons.—n. Pig′gishness.—adj. Pig′headed, having a large or ill-formed head: stupidly obstinate.—ns. Pig′headedness; Pig′-ī′ron, iron in pigs or rough bars; Pig′-lead, lead in pigs; Pig′-nut (same as Earth-nut); Pig′sconce, a pigheaded fellow: a blockhead; Pig′skin, the skin of a pig prepared as a strong leather: a saddle; Pig′-sty, a pen for keeping pigs; Pig's′-wash, swill; Pig's′-whis′per (slang), a low whisper: a very short space of time; Pig′-tail, the tail of a pig: the hair of the head tied behind in the form of a pig's tail: a roll of twisted tobacco. [A.S. pecg; Dut. bigge, big.]

2. Pig

   pig, n. an earthen vessel. [Piggin.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pignoun

   Police officer. "pig" as a synonym for policeman" has been around for about two hundred years (according to "Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English"). It did, however, disappear in the late nineteenth century (or, as the dictionary says "go underground" though I'm not sure what they mean by that) and reappear in common usage around 1960. I know that during Prohibition speakeasies who had bribed the local police to not bother them were called "blind pigs" (The Blind Pig bar here in Ann Arbor actually used to be such a place). I suspect that the term has been used to mean any kind of unpleasant person since humans started domesticating the things... This pig harassed the whole neighborhood, Well this pig worked at the station. This pig he killed my Homeboy, So the fu**in' pig went on a vacation. This pig he is the chief, Got a brother pig, Captain O'Malley. He's got a son that'a a pig too, He's collectin' pay-offs from a dark alley. -- Cypress Hill (Pigs)

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pig

   A type of animal.

   Pigs are beautiful animals.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PIG' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3702

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'PIG' in Nouns Frequency: #1581

Anagrams for PIG »

1. gip

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PIG in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PIG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PIG in a Sentence

1. Huey Newton:

   Most of my young life I was a student. And I know sociologically that words stigmatize people, we felt that the police needed a label, a label other than that fear image that they carried in the community. So we used the pig as the rather low-life animal in order to identify the police. And it worked.

2. Zhen Gu:

   We are very proud of our technology and we really want to translate it as fast as possible. Currently we are working with our collaborators and testing it on animals like mini pigs in a study. If this mini pig study successfully demonstrates it, we will move to the human being testing immediately.

3. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago:

   Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.

4. Swine Anthony DiBernardo:

   We’re one of the only places in South Carolina that cooks the whole pig, nose to tail, over wood, it’s a dying art.

5. Lauren Blanchard:

   It is the year of the pig!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PIG
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pig
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PIG
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PIG
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=PIG
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=PIG