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   pig

   /pɪɡ/

   noun

   • 1. an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat. Similar hogboarsowporkerswinepigletchild language:piggyrare:baconercuttergrunter
   • ▪ a wild animal of the pig family; a hog.
   • ▪ a young pig; a piglet. North American
   • ▪ the flesh of a pig as food.
   • 2. a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person: informal "I bet he's scoffed them all, greedy pig" Similar gluttonguzzlergobblergorgergourmandgourmandizerbinge eaterinformal:greedy pighoggutsgannetgreedy gutsgorbbrutemonsterdevilscoundrelroguewretchinformal:beastlouseratson of a bitchSOBlow lifetoeragscroteblighterderogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swineinformal, dated:heelstinkerbounderrottercadvulgar slang:shitsodbugger
   • 3. a police officer: derogatory "were the pigs there when the windows were smashed or not?"
   • 4. an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
   • 5. a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.

   verb

   • 1. gorge oneself with food: informal "he'd pigged himself on the last of the food"
   • 2. (of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
   • 3. operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline: "they will carry out all trenching and pigging"

   Word Origin Middle English: probably from the first element of Old Englishpicbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).

   Derivatives

   • 1. piglike adjective
   • 2. pigling noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

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