pig

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pig definition


  1. n.
    someone who eats too much; a glutton. : I try to cut down on calories, but whenever I see red meat I make a pig of myself.
  2. n.
    an ugly and fat woman or man. : Clare is a pig. Why doesn't she lose a ton or two?
  3. n.
    a dirty or slovenly person. : Jimmy, change your clothes. Look at that mud, you little pig!
  4. n.
    an officer; a police officer or a military officer. (Used mostly for a police officer. Widely known since the 1960s.) : The pigs who aren't in pig heaven are driving around in pigmobiles busting innocent people like me.
  5. n.
    a Caucasian. (Black.) : Why do those pigs think they can walk in here like that?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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pig

In addition to the idioms beginning with pig, also see in a pig's eye; like pigs in clover; make a pig of oneself; when pigs fly.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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