Meaning
5 sensesTo give birth.
The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
give birth to (piglets)
(intransitive)To greedily consume (especially food).
They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
eat greedily
(intransitive)To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
(intransitive)To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
(transitive)To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
Examples
457 sentencesYou're sweating like a pig, Tom.
Ти пітнієш неначе свиня, Томе. — deniko
ruТом, ты потеешь, как свинья. — odexed
Tom has always been a pig.
Том завжи був свинею. — deniko
ruТом всегда был свиньёй. — dimitris
deTom war schon immer ein Schwein. — Matteo
I fed the pigs and the chickens.
Я нагодував свиней та курей. — deniko
Did you know that pigs can get sunburned?
Ти знала, що свині можуть згоріти на сонці? — deniko
You're such a pig.
Ти така свиня. — deniko
ruТы такая свинья. — odexed
deDu bist so ein Ferkel! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English pigge (“pig, piglet”) (originally a term for a young pig, with adult pFrom Middle English pigge (“pig, piglet”) (originally a term for a young pig, with adult pigs being swyn (“swine”)), from Old English *picga, *pycga (attested in picgbrēad (“mast, pig-fodder”)), perhaps a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *puk, *pūk (“pig”), which also gave rise to Middle Low German pûke, puyke (“pig, piglet”). Pokorny suggests this root might be somehow related to *bū-, *bew- (“to blow; swell”), which could account for the alternation between "pig" and "big".
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Forms
pigs, pigging, pigged, piggedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- like a pig
- pig headed
- is a pig