Meaning

6 senses
  1. (childish)A pig (the animal).

    This little piggy went to market.

    a young pig

  2. (childish)A guinea pig.

  3. (childish, slang)A toe.

    He has such cute piggies!

  4. (derogatory, endearing)A pig (greedy person).

    Can't you finish your dinner? You've been a piggy, haven't you?

  5. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A member of the police.

  6. (endearing)Paypig.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Did you break your piggy bank?

    deHast du dein Sparschwein zerschlagen?

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  2. My piggy bank is almost full.

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  3. I put money in the piggy bank.

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  4. Tom smashed his piggy bank with a hammer.

    ruТом разбил свою копилку молотком.

    deTom zertrümmerte sein Sparschwein mit einem Hammer.

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  5. I'd like to buy Tom a piggy bank.

    deIch möchte Tom ein Sparschwein kaufen.

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Origin

From pig + -y (diminutive suffix).

From pig + -y (diminutive suffix).

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Forms

plural: piggies
Singularpiggy
Pluralpiggies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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