pig
pig /p'ɪg/ (pigs pigging pigged)
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
see also guinea pig
= hog
2 [N-COUNT]
If you call someone a pig, you think that they are unpleasant in some way, especially that they are greedy or unkind. (INFORMAL)
3 [VERB] V pron-refl
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.
4 [PHRASE]
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.'
5 [PHRASE] V and N inflect
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.guinea pig (guinea pigs)
also guinea-pig
1 [N-COUNT]
If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on them that has not been tested on people before.
...a human guinea pig...
Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.
2 [N-COUNT]
A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets.pig out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If you say that people are pigging out, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (INFORMAL)
I stopped pigging out on chips and crisps.
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
see also guinea pig
= hog
2 [N-COUNT]
If you call someone a pig, you think that they are unpleasant in some way, especially that they are greedy or unkind. (INFORMAL)
3 [VERB] V pron-refl
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.
4 [PHRASE]
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.'
5 [PHRASE] V and N inflect
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.guinea pig (guinea pigs)
also guinea-pig
1 [N-COUNT]
If someone is used as a guinea pig in an experiment, something is tested on them that has not been tested on people before.
...a human guinea pig...
Nearly 500,000 pupils are to be guinea pigs in a trial run of the new 14-plus exams.
2 [N-COUNT]
A guinea pig is a small furry animal without a tail. Guinea pigs are often kept as pets.pig out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
If you say that people are pigging out, you are criticizing them for eating a very large amount at one meal. (INFORMAL)
I stopped pigging out on chips and crisps.