pig Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun domestic swine
    grunter; hog; squealer; Sus scrofa.
  2. noun a coarse obnoxious person
    slovenly person; sloven; slob.
  3. noun a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
    hog.
  4. noun uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
    cop; fuzz; copper; bull.
  5. noun mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
    pig bed.
  6. noun a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
  7. verb live like a pig, in squalor
    pig it.
  8. verb eat greedily
    raven; devour; guttle.
    • he devoured three sandwiches
  9. verb give birth
    farrow.
    • sows farrow

WordNet

Pig noun
Definitions
  1. A piggin. Written also pigg.
Pig noun
Etymology
Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. pika.
Definitions
  1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." Chaucer.
  2. (Zoöl.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
  3. Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron. An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
  4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. Low
Pig transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pigged ; present participle & verbal noun Pigging
Definitions
  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 1913