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piggy toe

piggy toe noun: pinky toe.

Noun

piggy toe (plural piggy toes)

  1. (informal) Pinky toe.
    • The whole entire first grade is having a kickball tournament! Only, when I practice my kicking, I stub my piggy toe so badly I can’t play.2006, Barbara Park, “Junie B., One-Man Band”, in Story Synopsis; a letter from Junie B., archived from the original on 10 Jan 2025
    • It was during the second half of the lesson, we were learning out-straights (its this legs straight out jump thing which I will be more than happy to show you once the piggy toe heals) across the room and on my last out-straight I kicked a wooden bench that was attached to wall, hard.2011 September 14, Heather Foley, “Heather Hates Cardio”, in Caught in Southie, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2026

Forms of piggy toe

pluralpiggy toes

Origin of piggy toe

Either named due to its similar pronunciation to pinky or based on the nursery rhyme "This Little Piggy", with the final line, "This little piggy went wee, wee, wee, all the way home," corresponding directly to the smallest (pinky) toe.

Questions about piggy toe

What does piggy toe mean?
Piggy toe means pinky toe.
What part of speech is piggy toe?
Piggy toe is a noun.
What is the plural of piggy toe?
The plural of piggy toe is piggy toes.

Words near piggy toe in the dictionary

  1. piggy banks
  2. piggy flu
  3. piggy in the middle
  4. piggy move up
  5. piggy stick
  6. piggy toe
  7. piggy wiggies
  8. piggy wiggy
  9. piggy-back
  10. piggy-backed
  11. piggy-backing

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