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pigg

/pɪɡ/

pigg noun: a piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).

Noun (1)

pigg (plural piggs)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).
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Noun (2) capitalized: PIgG

PIgG (plural PIgGs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of plasma immunoglobulin G.

Proper noun capitalized: Pigg

Pigg (plural Piggs)

  1. A surname.

Noun (3) capitalized: pIgG

pIgG (usually uncountable, plural pIgGs)

  1. (abbreviation, usually) Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin G.

Forms of pigg

Noun
pluralpiggs
alternative formpig
alternative formpyg
pluralPIgGs
pluralpIgGs
Proper noun
pluralPiggs

Origin of pigg

Uncertain. Perhaps from pig (“swine”), due to the shape. Compare also Middle English pig (“a container for wine; the hide of a pig used as a wineskin”), from pigge (“pig”). More at pig.

Questions about pigg

What does pigg mean?
Pigg means a piggin (“an earthenware vessel, jar, crock”).
What part of speech is pigg?
Pigg can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pigg?
Pigg is pronounced /pɪɡ/.
What is the plural of pigg?
The plural of pigg is piggs.

Words near pigg in the dictionary

  1. pigfuck
  2. pigfucker
  3. pigfuckers
  4. pigfucking
  5. pigful
  6. pigg
  7. Piggabeen
  8. piggal
  9. piggals
  10. Piggate
  11. pigged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pigg (page history and authors); PIgG (page history and authors); Pigg (page history and authors); pIgG (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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