pig
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Noun (6)pigs
- domestic swineSynonyms: hoggruntersquealerSus scrofaType of swineKinds porkerParts pork, trotterMember of Sus, genus SusMade of lard
- a coarse obnoxious personSynonyms: slobslovenslovenly personType of vulgarianKinds slattern, litterer
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-likeSynonyms: hogType of selfish person
- uncomplimentary terms for a policemanSynonyms: bullcopcopperfuzzType of police officer, officer
- mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is castSynonyms: pig bedType of mold, mould
- a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnaceType of ingot
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Translations
Noun mammal of family Suidae
- Spanish
- cerdo
- French
- cochon
- German
- Schwein
- Italian
- maiale
- Portuguese
- porco
- Turkish
- domuz
- Russian
- свинья́ svinʹjá
- Arabic
- خِنْزِير ḵinzīr
- Chinese
- 猪 zhū
- Japanese
- 豚 buta
36 more languages
- Dutch
- varken
- Polish
- świnia
- Swedish
- gris
- Greek
- γουρούνι gouroúni
- Korean
- 돼지 dwaeji
- Indonesian
- babi
- Vietnamese
- heo
- Hungarian
- disznó
- Portuguese (PT)
- porco
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 豬 zhū
- Albanian
- derr
- Breton
- pemoc'h
- Catalan
- porc
- Corsican
- porcu
- Czech
- prase
- Danish
- gris
- Esperanto
- porko
- Estonian
- siga
- Finnish
- sika
- Georgian
- ღორი ɣori
- Hebrew
- חֲזִיר khazír
- Icelandic
- svín
- Kurdish
- beraz
- Latvian
- cūka
- Lithuanian
- kiaulė
- Malagasy
- kisoa
- Norwegian
- gris
- Romanian
- porc
- Scottish Gaelic
- muc
- Serbo-Croatian
- svinja
- Slovak
- ošípaná
- Slovenian
- prašič
- Swahili
- nguruwe
- Walloon
- pourcea
- Welsh
- mochyn
- Yiddish
- חזיר khazer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
A piggin. [Written also pigg.]
Origin: Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pīka.
1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. “Two pigges in a poke.” Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Zoology Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
3. An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. informal
Masked pig. Zoology See under Masked. — Pig bed Founding, the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs. — Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4. — Pig yoke Nautical, a nickname for a quadrant or sextant. — A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. colloquial
1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54