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eat like a pig

eat like a pig verb: to chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.

Verb

eat like a pig (third-person singular simple present eats like a pig, present participle eating like a pig, simple past ate like a pig, past participle eaten like a pig)

  1. (colloquial, simile) To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.
    Antonyms:
    eat like a bird

Antonyms of eat like a pig

Forms of eat like a pig

third-person singular presenteats like a pig
present participleeating like a pig
pastate like a pig
past participleeaten like a pig

Questions about eat like a pig

What does eat like a pig mean?
Eat like a pig means to chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.
What part of speech is eat like a pig?
Eat like a pig is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat like a pig?
The past tense of eat like a pig is ate like a pig.

Words near eat like a pig in the dictionary

  1. eat into
  2. eat it
  3. eat lead
  4. eat like a bird
  5. eat like a horse
  6. eat like a pig
  7. eat like an animal
  8. eat my ass
  9. eat my dust
  10. eat my shorts
  11. eat one's cake and have it too

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