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swines

swines is the plural of swine.

swines is the genitive of swine.

Meaning of swine

Noun

swine (plural swine or swines)

  1. A pig, an animal of family Suidae, especially in agricultural contexts.
    • The Zimmermann farm raises swine for their meat.
  2. Pig, pork, the meat of pigs.
    • Nah, I ain't Jewish. I just don't dig on swine, that's all.1994, Quentin Tarantino et al., Pulp Fiction
  3. (derogatory, figuratively) A contemptible person, particularly one imbued with negative piglike characteristics, a greedy, lazy, dirty, and/or lecherous person.
    • Thousands of workers and students screaming "Get out of town, you Nazi swine!" stormed a police barricade here today in an attempt to silence Adolf von Thadden, head of the right-wing National Democratic party.1969 September 21, "Protesters Mob German Rightist...", New York Times, p. 20
  4. (derogatory, figuratively, slang, uncommon) A police officer.
    • Keep your mouths shut. Don't tell the swine anything.
  5. (derogatory, figuratively, slang) A pain, any thing or task that is difficult, annoying, or unpleasant.
    • That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.
  6. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of wolffish.
    Synonyms:
    wolffish

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Questions about swines

What is swines the plural of?
Swines is the plural of swine.

Words near swines in the dictionary

  1. swinepipes
  2. swinepox
  3. swineries
  4. Swinerton
  5. swinery
  6. swines
  7. Swineshead
  8. swinesties
  9. swinestone
  10. swinestones
  11. swinesty

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