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Pronunciation
IPA|/pɪg/
audio|en-us-pig.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪɡ|-ɪɡ

Noun
Image:Sow with piglet.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa)
en-noun|pl2=swine

1. Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.

#:* The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.

1. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet.
2. uncountable The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

#:* Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.

1. A greedy person; someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

#:* You gluttonous pig! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!

1. A nasty or disgusting person.

#:* She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.

1. A dirty or slovenly person.

#:* He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.

1. context|UK|US|derogatory slang A police officer.

#:* The protester shouted, �Don't give in to the pigs!� as he was arrested.

1. informal A difficult problem.

#:* Hrm...this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!

1. context|countable|and|uncountable A block of cast metal.

#:* The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.''
#:* After the ill-advised trade, the investor was stuck with worthless options for 10,000 tons of iron pig.

1. The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

#:* The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.

1. engineering A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

#:* Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.

Translations
trans-top|mammal of genus Sus
Afrikaans: vark
Albanian: derr
Amuzgo: kítzku
Arabic: Arab|خ�ز�ر (xanzīr) m
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ���ܪ� (khzīr�, khzīro) m, ���ܪܬ� (khzīrt�, khzīrto) f
:Aramaic: ���ר� (khzīr�, khzīro) m, ���רת� (khzīrt�, khzīrto) f
Basque: urde, zerri, txerri
Belarusian: �в�нн� (svinnja) f
Bosnian: svinja f
Breton: pemoc�h m moc'h p
Bulgarian: �вин� (svinja) f
Catalan: porc m, truja f
Cebuano: baboy
Chamorro: babui
Cherokee: �� (siqua)
CJK Characters: 豬, �; �
Chinese: 豬, � (zhū)
Croatian: svinja f
Czech: prase
Danish: svin n
Dutch: zwijn n, varken n
Erzya: ��во (tuvo)
Esperanto: porko
Estonian: siga#Estonian|siga
Faroese: svín n
Finnish: sika#Finnish|sika
French: cochon m, porc#French|porc m
Frisian: baarch
Friulian: purcit m
Galician: porco#Gallegan|porco m
German: Schwein n
Greek: γο��ο�νι (gurúni) n, �οί�ο� (khíros) m
Hebrew: ���ר (hazír) m
Hungarian: sertés, disznó, malac
Icelandic: svín
Ido: porko
Ilocano: baboy
Interlingua: porco#Interlingua|porco
Irish: muc
Italian: maiale m, porco#Italian|porco m
Japanese: � (��, buta)
Karelian: po��i
Korean: �� (dwaeji)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��راز
Ladin: porcel
Latin: sus c, porcus m
Latvian: cūka f
Lithuanian: kiaul�
Lower Sorbian: swinja f
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Macedonian: �ви�а (svinja) f
Malay: babi, khinzir
Malayalam: പന�നി (panni)
Maltese: ħanżir m
Maori: poaka
Norwegian: svin n, gris m
Occitan: pòrc m
Persian: FAchar|خ�ک (khuk)
Polish: �winia f
Portuguese: porco#Portuguese|porco m
Proto-Polynesian: *puaka
Romani: balo m, bali f
Romanian: porc#Romanian|porc m
Romansh: portg
Russian: �вин�� (svin�já) f
Sami: spiidni
Sardinian (northern): porcu m, mannale m, sue f
Sardinian (southern): procu m, mannali m, sue f
Scottish Gaelic: muc f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ви�а#Serbian|�ви�а f
:Roman: svinja#Serbian|svinja f
Slovak: prasa n (1)
Slovene: svinja f, praši� m, pujs m
Spanish: cerdo m, chancho m italbrac|Argentina|Bolivia|Chile|Costa Rica|Ecuador|Honduras|Nicaragua|Paraguay|Peru|Uruguay, chon m italbrac|Northern Central Spain, coche m italbrac|Guatemala, cochi m italbrac|Northwestern Mexico, cochín m italbrac|Northern Spain|specifically Aragon, cochino m italbrac|Mexico|Southwestern Spain and Canary Islands|standard usage in Venezuela, cocho m italbrac|Northern Spain|specifically Leon, cuto m italbrac|Northern Spain - specifically Aragon, La Rioja and Navarra, gocho m italbrac|Northern Spain|spefically Asturias and Leon, gorrino italbrac|Southern Central and Eastern Central Spain, guarro m italbrac|Western Spain|specifically Extremadura, marrano m italbrac|Central and Western Venezuela|Colombia, puerco m italbrac|Caribbean Islands|Costa Rica|Mexico|Panama, tocino m italbrac|Northern Spain|specifically Aragon, tunco m italbrac|El Salvador
Swahili: nguruwe
Swedish: gris c, svin n
Tagalog: baboy
Telugu: ప�ది (paMdi)
Tok Pisin: pik
Turkish: domuz
Ukrainian: �вин� (svynja) f
Upper Sorbian: swinjo
Urdu: URchar|خ�ک, URchar|خ�ز�ر
Veps: siga#Veps|siga
Welsh: mochyn
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trans-top|greedy person
Afrikaans: vark
Finnish: ahmatti
French: cochon m, porc#French|porc m
Italian: porco m, maiale m
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trans-top|nasty or disgusting person
Afrikaans: vark
Bosnian: svinja f
Finnish: ilkimys
French: salaud m, cochon m, porc#French|porc m
German: Schwein n
Italian: bastardo m, bastarda f, stronzo m, stronza f
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Latvian: cūka f
Russian: �вин�� (svin�já) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ви�а#Serbian|�ви�а f
:Roman: svinja#Serbian|svinja f
Slovene: svinja f, prasec m
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trans-top|dirty or slovenly person
Afrikaans: vark
Bosnian: svinja f
Finnish: sika#Finnish|sika, possu
French: cochon m, porc#French|porc m
German: Schwein n
Italian: porco m, maiale m
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Latvian: cūka f
Russian: �вин�� (svin�já) f, �вин��� (svítus) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �ви�а#Serbian|�ви�а f
:Roman: svinja#Serbian|svinja f
Slovene: praši� m
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trans-top|derogatory slang for police officer
French: flic m, keuf m italbrac|verlan
German: Bulle m
Spanish: milico m italbrac|Andes|River Plate region
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trans-top|difficult problem
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trans-top|cast metal block
Russian: ���ка (�úška), болванка (bolvánka) {f}}
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trans-top|mold for a cast metal block
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trans-top|device to clean or inspect a pipe from inside
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Derived terms
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blind pig
bush pig
dish pig
eat like a pig
flying pig
guinea pig
happy as a pig in shit
if pigs had wings
in a pig's eye
pig bed
piggery
piggish
mid3
piggy
piggy bank
piggyback
pigheaded
pig in a blanket
pig in a poke
pig iron
pig it
pig Latin
pig lead
piglet
mid3
pig-out
pig out
pigpen
pigskin
pigsty
pigtail
pigweed
potbellied pig
when pigs fly
whistle pig
year of the pig
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Verb
en-verb|pigs|pigging|pigged|pigged

1. context|of swine to give birth.

#:* The black sow pigged at seven this morning.

1. To eat greedily (also pig out), or in a noisy or dirty fashion.

#:* They were pigging on the free food at the bar.

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Danish

Noun
pig g|Danish

1. thorn

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From English pig#English|pig.

Noun
pig

1. pig#English|pig

Synonyms
pwaka

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Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
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