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porking up

porking up is the present participle and gerund of pork up.

Meaning of pork up

Verb

pork up (third-person singular simple present porks up, present participle porking up, simple past and past participle porked up)

  1. (slang) To grow fat.
  2. (transitive) To increase the weight of (one or more pigs).
  3. (US, idiomatic) To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).

Questions about porking up

What is porking up the present participle and gerund of?
Porking up is the present participle and gerund of pork up.

Words near porking up in the dictionary

  1. porkiest
  2. porkily
  3. porkiness
  4. porking
  5. porking out
  6. porking up
  7. Porkis
  8. porkish
  9. porkishly
  10. porkishness
  11. Porkistan

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