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porks up

porks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 porks up

What is porks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Porks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pork up.

Words near porks up in the dictionary

  1. porkpies
  2. porkrind
  3. porkrinds
  4. porks
  5. porks out
  6. porks up
  7. porksteak
  8. porksteaks
  9. Porkulus
  10. porkwood
  11. porky

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