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Pigs

/pɪɡz/

Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.

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📖 Definitions of "Pigs"

noun

1
Any of several intelligent mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus scrofa.
"The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from carrots to cabbage."
2
(specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
3
The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
"Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig."
4
A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).

verb

1
(of swine) to give birth.
"The black sow pigged at seven this morning."
2
To greedily consume (especially food).
"They were pigging on the free food at the bar."
3
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
4
To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).

noun

1
Earthenware, or an earthenware shard
2
An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pigs"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hognoun	Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
farrownoun	A litter of piglets.
bullnoun	An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
pig bednoun	A mold, made in a bed of sand, in which pig iron is cast; a pig.
copnoun	(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
ravennoun	(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
fuzznoun	(US, slang, with "the") The police, or any law enforcement agency.
gulpnoun	The usual amount swallowed.
devourverb	(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
guttlenoun	(UK, dialectal) One who eats voraciously; a glutton.
coppernoun	(uncountable) A reddish-brown metal, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.
pig itverb	(intransitive, slang) To live slovenly, in squalor.
slovennoun	A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
slobnoun	(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.
slovenly personnoun	a coarse obnoxious person
sus scrofanoun	old world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states
streptococcusnoun	A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus. Although commonly found benignly in the human mouth and gut, and though many species are non-pathogenic, other species can cause diseases including strep throat and more serious conditions.
porcinenoun	A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.
swinenoun	(plural swine) A pig (the animal).
porknoun	(chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.