Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

    The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

    grunzen

    хрю́катьxrjúkatʹ

More definitions
  • utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs

Examples

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

  2. The piglet is oinking.

    ruПоросёнок хрюкает. — nina99nv

  3. Why do pigs oink?

    ruПочему свиньи хрюкают? — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

  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

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to oink:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to oink:

Origin

Imitative of the sound.

Imitative of the sound.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

oinks, oinking, oinked, oinked
Base formoink · to oink
3rd person singularoinks
Present participleoinking
Past simpleoinked
Past participleoinked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoink
he, she, itoinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsoinked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave oinked
he, she, ithas oinked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oink

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs:squeal

Word family

3 related words
Derivedoink out

See also

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