Library / English Dictionary

PIGGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: piggier    , piggiest   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young pig

Synonyms:

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("piggy" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piggy"):

sucking pig (an unweaned piglet)

Holonyms ("piggy" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Derivation:

piggy (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

Example:

swinish slavering over food

Synonyms:

hoggish; piggish; piggy; porcine; swinish

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)

Derivation:

pig (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)

piggy (a young pig)

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