(~s, ~ging, ~ged)
1.
A ~ 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 ~s.
...a ~ farmer.
= hog
N-COUNT
see also guinea ~
2.
If you call someone a ~, 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 ~ging themselves, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (BRIT INFORMAL)
After ~ging herself on ice cream she went upstairs.
VERB: V pron-refl disapproval
4.
If you say ‘~s 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 ~s might fly.’
PHRASE emphasis
5.
If you say that someone is making a ~ of themselves, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (INFORMAL)
I’m afraid I made a ~ of myself at dinner.
PHRASE: V and N inflect disapproval