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pig·gy
(pĭg′ē) Informaln. pl. pig·gies
A little pig.
adj. pig·gi·er, pig·gi·est
Piggish.
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piggy
(ˈpɪɡɪ)n, pl -gies
1. (Animals) a child's word for a pig, esp a piglet
2. (Games, other than specified) a children's game in which one player attempts to retrieve a ball thrown over him or her by at least two other players
3. a situation in which a person or group is caught up in a disagreement between other people or groups
4. a child's word for toe or, sometimes, finger
adj, -gier or -giest
another word for piggish
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pig•gy
or pig•gie
(ˈpɪg i)n., pl. -gies, n.
1. a small or young pig.
adj. 2. piggish.
[1790–1800]
pig′gi•ness, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  piggy - a young pig young mammal - any immature mammal sucking pig - an unweaned piglet |
| Adj. | 1. | piggy - resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
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Translations
خِنَّوْصشَبيه بالخِنَّوْص
prasátkoprasečí
grise-øfgris
cocamalacképű
grís, grislingursvínslegur
prasačí
domuz gibidomuz yavrusu
piggy
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pig
(pig) noun1. a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon. He keeps pigs.
2. an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person. You pig!
ˈpiggy – plural ˈpiggies – noun a child's word for a (little) pig.
adjective like a pig's. piggy eyes.
ˈpiglet (-lit) noun a baby pig.
piggybackpickabackˌpigˈheaded adjective stubborn. a pigheaded idiot.
ˌpigˈheadedness nounˈpigskin noun, adjective
(of) a kind of leather made from the skin of a pig. Her purse was (made of) pigskin.
ˈpigsty – plural ˈpigsties, ~ˈpigstyes – noun1. a building in which pigs are kept.
2. a dirty, untidy place. This room is a pigsty!
pigswillswillˈpigtail noun a plait usually worn at the sides of the head. She wears her hair in pigtails.
pigs might fly said of something very unlikely to happen. `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!'
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