porky
UK/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/
porky adjective: resembling or characteristic of pork. Also the singulative of pork.
Adjective
porky (comparative porkier, superlative porkiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of pork.
- It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.2010, Victor J. Banis, The Blood of Love, page 113
- Rather fat; chubby.
- In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
Noun (1)
porky (plural porkies)
- A lie.
- When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies.2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 203
- An eye.
- Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before.2015, Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bred in Wengen
Noun (2)
porky (plural porkies)
- A porcupine.
- The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all.1929, Forest and Stream, page 58
- Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.2000, Warner Shedd, “A “Pig,” Perhaps, but Not a Hog: The Porcupine”, in Owls Aren’t Wise & Bats Aren’t Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers...
Also used as
porky is also the singulative of pork.
Synonyms of porky
Forms of porky
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | porkier |
| superlative | porkiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | porkies |
Origin of porky
From pork + -y.
Clipping of pork pie.
Clipping of porcupine.
Words formed from porky
Phrases with porky
Words that rhyme with porky
Questions about porky
- What does porky mean?
- Porky means resembling or characteristic of pork.
- What part of speech is porky?
- Porky can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce porky?
- Porky is pronounced /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ (UK).
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