n. (pl. same)
1. formal or US a pig.
2 colloq. (pl. swine or swines) a a term of contempt or disgust for a person. b a very unpleasant or difficult thing.
Phrases and idioms:
swine fever an intestinal virus disease of pigs.
Derivatives:
swinish adj. (esp. in sense 2). swinishly adv. swinishness n.
Etymology: OE swin f. Gmc