pig

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 4 verses (in OT : 2 in 4 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pig, n. 

 A piggin.  [1913 Webster]

pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pīka.].

•  The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.  [1913 Webster]
•  An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who is hoggish; a greedy person.  [1913 Webster]

Masked pig. (Zoöl.) 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 (Naut.), 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. [Colloq.]

pig, v. t. & i. 

•  To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.  [1913 Webster]
•  To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pig, n. & v.
--n.
1 a any omnivorous hoofed bristly mammal of the family Suidae, esp. a domesticated kind, Sus scrofa. b US a young pig; a piglet. c (often in comb.) any similar animal (guinea-pig).
2 the flesh of esp. a young or sucking pig as food (roast pig).
3 colloq. a a greedy, dirty, obstinate, sulky, or annoying person. b an unpleasant, awkward, or difficult thing, task, etc.
4 an oblong mass of metal (esp. iron or lead) from a smelting-furnace.
5 sl. derog. a policeman.
--v. (pigged, pigging)
1 tr. (also absol.) (of a sow) bring forth (piglets).
2 tr. colloq. eat (food) greedily.
3 intr. herd together or behave like pigs.

Idiom

bleed like a pig (or stuck pig) bleed copiously. buy a pig in a poke buy, accept, etc. something without knowing its value or esp. seeing it. in pig (of a sow) pregnant. in a pig's eye colloq. certainly not. make a pig of oneself overeat. make a pig's ear of colloq. make a mess of; bungle. pig in the middle a person who is placed in an awkward situation between two others (after a ball game for three with one in the middle). pig-iron crude iron from a smelting-furnace. Pig Island Austral. & NZ sl. New Zealand. pig it live in a disorderly, untidy, or filthy fashion. pig-jump Austral. sl. n. a jump made by a horse from all four legs.
--v.intr. (of a horse) jump in this manner. pig Latin a made-up jargon. pig-meat Brit. pork, ham, or bacon. pig out (often foll. by on) esp. US sl. eat gluttonously. pigs might fly iron. an expression of disbelief. pig-sticker a long sharp knife. pig's wash = PIGSWILL.

Derivative

piggish adj. piggishly adv. piggishness n. piglet n. piglike adj. pigling n.

Etymology

ME pigge f. OE pigga (unrecorded)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

pig

n. An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.

THESAURUS

pig

Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Dogberry, Indian buffalo, John Law, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, animal, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass, aurochs, bacon, badger, bandicoot, barrow, bassarisk, bat, bear, beast, beaver, belly-god, bettong, bicycle, bigot, bike, binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bluecoat, boar, bobby, bobcat, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo, buffalo wolf, bull, bullion, burro, burro deer, butt, button, cachalot, camel, camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cast, casting, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, chauvinist, cheetah, chevrotain, chinchilla, chipmunk, chitterlings, chopper, cinnamon bear, cochon de lait, coon, coon cat, cop, copper, cormorant, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, cracklings, cur, cycle, cyprian, deer, deer tiger, dick, dingo, doctrinaire, dog, dogmatist, donkey, dormouse, drab, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, fanatic, fat back, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flatfoot, flattie, flitch, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, frump, fuzz, gammon, gate, gazelle, gemsbok, gendarme, genet, gilt, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, gorger, gormand, gormandizer, gourmand, gourmandizer, greedy eater, greedygut, greedyguts, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, gumshoe, guttler, ham, ham steak, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, haslet, headcheese, heat, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hog, horse, hound, husky eater, hussy, hyena, hyrax, ibex, illiberal, ingot, insect, intolerant, iron, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jade, jaguar, jaguarundi, jambon, jambonneau, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, jezebel, jingo, kaama, kangaroo, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, lard, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, litterbug, llama, lynx, male chauvinist, mammoth, man, mara, marmot, marten, mastodon, meerkat, minibike, mink, mole, mongoose, mongrel, moose, motocycle, motorbike, motorcycle, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nab, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, opossum, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, paddy, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, pedicab, peeler, peludo, phalanger, picnic ham, pieds de cochon, piggy, piglet, pigling, pine mouse, platypus, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, polecat, porcupine, pork, porker, porkpie, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, rabbit, raccoon, racist, rat, razorback, red deer, red squirrel, regulus, reindeer, reptile, rhinoceros, road-bike, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sable, salt pork, schlep, schlump, serpent, serval, sexist, shamus, sheep, sheet metal, shoat, shrew, shrew mole, side of bacon, sika, silver fox, skunk, slattern, slob, sloppy Joe, sloth, sloven, slut, small ham, snake, snowshoe rabbit, sow, sowbelly, springbok, squirrel, stoat, strumpet, suckling pig, superpatriot, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, the cops, the fuzz, the law, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, trail bike, tramp, tree shrew, trencherman, trencherwoman, tricycle, trike, trollop, trotters, trull, tusker, ultranationalist, urus, varmint, vermin, viper, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, wheel, whelp, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, worm, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril

ROGET THESAURUS

pig

Ugliness

N ugliness, deformity, inelegance, acomia, disfigurement, want of symmetry, inconcinnity, distortion, squalor, forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face, spretae injuria formae, eyesore, object, witch, hag, figure, sight, fright, monster, dog, woofer, pig, octopus, specter, scarecrow, harridan, satyr, toad, monkey, baboon, Caliban, Aesop, monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen adempt, ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey, plain, bald (unadorned), homely, ordinary, unornamental, inartistic, unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely, unshapely, sightless, seemless, not fit to be seen, unbeauteous, unbeautiful, beautiless, semibeautiful, shapeless, misshapen, misproportioned, monstrous, gaunt, dumpy, curtailed of its fair proportions, ill-made, ill- shaped, ill-proportioned, crooked, hard featured, hard visaged, ill-favored, hard-favored, evil-favored, ill-looking, unprepossessing, unattractive, uninviting, unpleasing, graceless, inelegant, ungraceful, ungainly, uncouth, stiff, rugged, rough, gross, rude, awkward, clumsy, slouching, rickety, gawky, lumping, lumpish, lumbering, hulky, hulking, unwieldy, squalid, haggard, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, grisly, ghastly, ghost like, death like, cadaverous, grewsome, gruesome, frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding, repellant, repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre, grody, grody to the max, horrid, horrible, shocking, foul, dingy, gaudy, disfigured, discolored.

Sensualist

N sensualist, Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight, epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand, pig, hog, votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus, sensualist, Heliogabalus, free liver, hard liver, libertine, hedonist, tragalist.

Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.