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porky

1

[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]

adjective

, pork·i·er, pork·i·est.
  1. of, relating to, or resembling pork.
  2. fat:

    a porky child.



porky

2

[ pawr-kee, pohr- ]

noun

, Chiefly Inland North and Western U.S..
, plural pork·ies.

porky

1

/ ˈpɔːkɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a lie Also calledpork pie


porky

2

/ ˈpɔːkɪ /

adjective

  1. belonging to or characteristic of pork

    a porky smell

  2. informal.
    fat; obese

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Derived Forms

  • ˈporkiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • porki·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of porky1

First recorded in 1850–55; pork + -y 1

Origin of porky2

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; porc(upine) + -y 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of porky1

from rhyming slang pork pie lie

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Example Sentences

Porky Pig, “Blue Christmas” Who says there are no new Christmas classics?

We do care about “all those little, tiny, yes, porky amendments.”

We do care about "all those little, tiny, yes, porky amendments."

The proliferation of bacon in non-traditional arenas has been swift and extra-porky.

Porky pulled out his check-book and begun to scribble with one of them squirt-gun pens.

Then the black nose and little dull eyes of Prickly Porky the Porcupine appeared.

So, as he hurried away from the neighborhood of Prickly Porky and his thousand little spears, he was in a bad temper.

Prickly Porky stopped eating and looked down at her suspiciously, but just the same he felt pleased.

Prickly Porky had started down the tree before Granny finished speaking, and his usually dull eyes actually looked bright.

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