oink
/ɔɪŋk/
oink interjection: representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
Interjection
- Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
- Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
- Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.1982, Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny
- "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America
Noun
oink (plural oinks)
- The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
- The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
Verb
oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)
- Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
- The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
oink meaning in Urdu, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese
oink in Urdu
- سور کی آواز
oink in Indonesian
- Representing the sound made by a pig
- ngok, ngok ngok
oink in Thai
- Representing the sound made by a pig
- อู๊ด úut
oink in Vietnamese
- Representing the sound made by a pig
- ủn ỉn, ụt ịt
- to oink
- ủn ỉn
Synonyms of oink
Forms of oink
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | oinks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | oinks |
| present participle | oinking |
| past participle | oinked |
| past | oinked |
Origin of oink
Imitative of the sound.
Words formed from oink
Questions about oink
- What does oink mean?
- Oink means representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
- What is oink in Urdu?
- Oink in Urdu is سور کی آواز. See Oink meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is oink?
- Oink can be an interjection, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce oink?
- Oink is pronounced /ɔɪŋk/.
Words near oink in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oink (page history and authors); oink (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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