Meaning

1 senses

  1. To surf in the pig dog stance.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Are pigs smarter than dogs?

    Свині розумніші за собак? — deniko

    ruСвиньи умнее собак? — marafon

    deSind Schweine klüger als Hunde? — brauchinet

    CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The wool comes off the pig, and the dog pays the bill.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · LeviHighway · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

    ruЯ люблю свиней. Собаки смотрят на нас снизу вверх. Кошки - сверху вниз. Свиньи обращаются с нами как с равными. — Balamax

    deIch mag Schweine. Hunde blicken zu uns auf, Katzen schauen auf uns herab, doch Schweine behandeln uns wie ihresgleichen. — Adelpa

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Balamax · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

In Sense 2, a calque of German Schweinehund. Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) expl

In Sense 2, a calque of German Schweinehund. Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) explanations for Sense 3: that surfers tend to assume a dog-like expression when in this stance (page 119) or that the stance is low and sturdy like a dog (glossary page 171).

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Forms

pig dogs, pig dogging, pig dogged, pig dogged
Base formpig dog · to pig dog
3rd person singularpig dogs
Present participlepig dogging
Past simplepig dogged
Past participlepig dogged

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypig dog
he, she, itpig dogs

Past simpleLesson

all personspig dogged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pig dogged
he, she, ithas pig dogged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pig dog

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pietpietyB1pigA1pigeonC1pigeonhole
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