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porkish

US/ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/

porkish adjective: resembling or characteristic of pork.

Adjective

porkish (comparative more porkish, superlative most porkish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
  2. (colloquial) Plump.
    Synonyms:
    chubby, chunky, podgy, tubby
  3. (informal) Selfish.
  4. (US, informal) Relating to pork barrel funding.
    • Congressional leaders are frank about using their clout for porkish purposes, and DeLay is no exception.2002, Newsweek, volume 40

Synonyms of porkish

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Forms of porkish

comparativemore porkish
superlativemost porkish

Origin of porkish

From pork + -ish.

Words formed from porkish

Words that rhyme with porkish

Questions about porkish

What does porkish mean?
Porkish means resembling or characteristic of pork.
What part of speech is porkish?
Porkish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce porkish?
Porkish is pronounced /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/ (US).

Words near porkish in the dictionary

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

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