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pig

Definition

  • noun: an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild
  • noun: a young domesticated swine not yet sexually mature
  • verb: to live like a pig
  • + 'of'
  • synonyms: farrow, piggin, hog

Examples

  • He is a sexist 'pig'. = He is a 'male chauvinist pig'. [=he is a man who thinks women are not equal to men]

  • The train station will be renovated 'when pigs fly'. [=it will never be renovated]

  • “This time I think he'll ask me to marry him!” “Yeah, and 'pigs might fly'.”

Movie quotes

  • (..) Reminds me of my first royaI dinner party. I accidentaIIy knocked over a suit of armor... and the spear went right through the suckIing pig. AmeIia, why don't we canceI Iessons for today... and just have some fun? MlA/ Fun? You're not too busy (..)
    2001 The Princess Diaries