Pig | Mean of pig in English Dictionary

/ˈpɪg/

• Noun
• an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild
• someone who eats a lot of food especially at one time
1. The kids eat like pigs. [=the kids eat a lot]
2. I made a pig of myself at dinner. [=I ate too much at dinner]
• someone who selfishly wants or takes more than other people
1. a greedy pig

• someone who is unpleasant or offensive
1. Don't be a pig. Say “excuse me” after you burp.
2. They live like pigs. [=they live in a dirty environment]
3. He is a sexist pig. = He is a male chauvinist pig. [=he is a man who thinks women are not equal to men]
• something that is very difficult or unpleasant
1. I had a pig of a day at work. [=I had a very difficult day at work]
• something usually of poor quality that someone tries to persuade you to buy or accept when you do not know much about it
1. If you buy a used car without testing it, you're buying a pig in a poke.
• to do or manage something badly
1. He has made a pig's ear of his reelection campaign.
• Verb
• to eat a lot of food at one time
1. I pigged out at the picnic.
2. The boys pigged out on pizza.