Meaning

1 senses
  1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

    The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

    Grunzen

    хрю́каньеxrjúkanʹje

More definitions
  • the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs

Examples

4 sentences
  1. OiNK got shut down by the pigs.

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  2. The piglet is oinking.

    ruПоросёнок хрюкает. — nina99nv

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  3. Why do pigs oink?

    ruПочему свиньи хрюкают? — marafon

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  4. The cow moos, the rooster crows, the pig oinks, the duck quacks, and the cat meows.

    ruКорова мычит, петух кукарекает, свинья хрюкает, утка крякает, а кошка мяукает. — marafon

    deDie Kuh muht, der Hahn kräht, das Schwein grunzt, die Ente quakt und die Katze miaut. — Esperantostern

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sound made by a pig:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sound made by a pig:

Origin

Imitative of the sound.

Imitative of the sound.

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Forms

plural: oinks
Singularoink
Pluraloinks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs:grunt

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oink — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto