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

  • (..) -You don't know how to be a husband! -Sit down before I-- Do we ever go anywhere without having thugs... hanging around aII the time? I have Nick ''The Pig'' as a friend. What kind of Iife is that? Can't you see... what we're becoming, Tony? We're Iosers. -Go home. You're stoned. (..)
    1983 Scarface
  • (..) Look. He's a reaI ! You know what a is? No, Frank, you teII me. What is a ? It's the Yiddish word for ''pig.'' A guy who wants more than he needs. He don't fIy straight no more. So, it comes down to one thing, Tony boy, and you never forget it. Lesson Number : (..)
    1983 Scarface