Pig Pɪɡ Noun Bre Farmer Grunting Squealing Yard

• a pig farmer
• pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
• arrogant pig!
• don't be such a pig!

pig

1. an animal with pink, black or brown skin, short legs, a broad nose and a short tail which curls round itself. Pigs are kept on farms for their meat (called pork) or live in the wild.
• a pig farmer
• Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
2. an unpleasant or offensive person; a person who is dirty or greedy
• Arrogant pig!
• Don't be such a pig!
• The greedy pig's eaten all the biscuits!
• She made a pig of herself with the ice cream (= ate too much).
• He's a real male chauvinist pig (= a man who does not think women are equal to men).
3. an offensive word for a police officer
4. to do something badly; to make a mess of something
5. if you buy a pig in a poke, you buy something without seeing it or knowing if it is good enough
• Buying from a catalogue can mean buying a pig in a poke.
6. a difficult or unpleasant thing or task
• I've had a pig of a day.
7. used to show that you do not believe something will ever happen
• ‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’

Extra Examples

• The pigs were being fattened for slaughter.
• We cooked up a load of pasta and all made pigs of ourselves.
• He’s a real male chauvinist pig.

Word Origin

• Middle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).