transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪg ]
( pigs, pigging, pigged)
1.
A pig is a pink or black animal with short legs and not much hair on its skin. Pigs are often kept on farms for their meat, which is called pork, ham, bacon, or gammon.
...the grunting of the pigs.
...a pig farmer.
= hog
N-COUNT
see also guinea pig
2.
If you call someone a pig , you think that they are unpleasant in some way, especially that they are greedy or unkind. ( INFORMAL )
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
3.
If you say that people are pigging themselves , you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
After pigging herself on ice cream she went upstairs.
VERB : V pron-refl [ disapproval ]
4.
If you say ‘ pigs might fly ’ after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely. ( HUMOROUS, INFORMAL )
‘There’s a chance he won’t get involved in this, of course.’—‘And pigs might fly.’
PHRASE [ emphasis ]
5.
If you say that someone is making a pig of themselves , you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. ( INFORMAL )
I’m afraid I made a pig of myself at dinner.
PHRASE : V and N inflect [ disapproval ]