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pig1       [pig] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, pigged, pig·ging.
–noun
1.a young swine of either sex, esp. a domestic hog, Sus scrofa, weighing less than 120 lb. (220 kg.)
2.any wild or domestic swine.
3.the flesh of swine; pork.
4.a person of piglike character, behavior, or habits, as one who is gluttonous, very fat, greedy, selfish, or filthy.
5.Slang. a slatternly, sluttish woman.
6.Disparaging. a police officer.
7.Machinery. any tool or device, as a long-handled brush or scraper, used to clear the interior of a pipe or duct.
8.Metallurgy.
a.an oblong mass of metal that has been run while still molten into a mold of sand or the like, esp. such a mass of iron from a blast furnace.
b.one of the molds for such masses of metal.
c.metal in the form of such masses.
d.pig iron.
–verb (used with object)
9.to mold (metal) into pigs.
10.Informal. to eat (something) quickly; gulp: He pigged three doughnuts and ran off to school.
–verb (used without object)
11.to bring forth pigs; farrow.
12.pig out, Slang. to overindulge in eating: We pigged out on pizza last night.
13.on the pig's back, Australian Slang. in a fortunate position.
14.pig it,
a.to live like a pig, esp. in dirt.
b.to lead a disorganized, makeshift life; live without plan or pattern.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME pigge young pig, with doubled consonant appropriate to terms for smaller animals (cf. dog, frog1) but with no obvious relations; almost certainly not akin to LG, D big(ge), MD vigghe young pig, which involve further obscurities; if Dan pige, Sw piga maid, young girl are compared, perh. < ON word meaning “young, small,” applied in Scand to girls but in OE to swine]
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pig2       [pig] Pronunciation Key
–noun Scot. and North England.
1.an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
2.potter's clay; earthenware as a material.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME pygg < ?]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pig       (pĭg)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus, when young or of comparatively small size.
    2. The edible parts of one of these mammals.
    3. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
    4. A mold in which such metal is cast.
    5. Pig iron.
  1. Informal A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.
    1. A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.
    2. A mold in which such metal is cast.
    3. Pig iron.
  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a police officer.
  3. Slang A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.

intr.v.   pigged, pig·ging, pigs
To give birth to pigs; farrow.

Phrasal Verb(s):
pig out Slang
To eat ravenously; gorge oneself: "a parent who asks a child, 'Would you like to pig out on pizza?'" (George F. Will).

Idiom(s):
in a pig's eye Slang
Under no condition; never.

Idiom(s):
pig in a poke
Something that is offered in a manner that conceals its true nature or value.

Idiom(s):
pig it Slang
To live in a piglike fashion.

[Middle English pigge, young pig, probably from Old English *picga.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pig 
probably from O.E. *picg, found in compounds, ultimate origin unknown. Originally "young pig" (the word for adults was swine). Another O.E. word for "pig" was fearh, related to furh "furrow," from PIE *perk- "dig, furrow" (cf. L. porc-us "pig," see pork). "This reflects a widespread IE tendency to name animals from typical attributes or activities" [Lass]. Synonyms grunter, porker are from sailors' and fishermen's euphemistic avoidance of uttering the word pig at sea, a superstition perhaps based on the fate of the Gadarene swine, who drowned. The meaning "oblong piece of metal" is first attested 1589, on the notion of "large mass." The derogatory slang meaning "police officer" has been in underworld slang since at least 1811; pig out "eat like a pig" is 1979; pig-headed is 1620; pigskin as slang for "football" is from 1894, though as word for saddle leather it is from 1855. Pig Latin first recorded 1937. Pigsty is from 1591; fig. use for "miserable, dirty hovel" is attested from 1820.

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pig

noun
1. domestic swine [syn: hog
2. a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob
3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog
4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull
5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: pig bed
6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace 

verb
1. live like a pig, in squalor 
2. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour
3. give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pig

Pig\, n. A piggin. [Written also pigg.]

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Pig

Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.]

1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." --Chaucer.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low]

Masked pig. (Zo["o]l.) See under Masked.

Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs.

Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4.

Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant.

A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.]

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Pig

Pig\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging.]

1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

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