pigs

Noun

pig (countable and uncountable, plural pigs)

1. (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
   • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.

   Synonyms:

   hog, suid, swine

   1. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
      • Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission, →ISBN, page I-9
2. (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
   • Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
3. (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called piggy pink).
   • So far on the streets there's been a lot of metallic pink (the kind of pink as in the shade of pig you get, and this is exactly the shade of the diary I've been writing in) […]2019, Bee Smith, Queen Bee's Party
4. (derogatory, figuratively) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
   • You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!

   Synonyms:

   animal, belly-god, big back, buzgut, cormorant, dog, epicure, gannet, glutton, gorger

5. (derogatory, figuratively) A lecherous or sexist man.
   • She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.

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