Meaning

3 senses
  1. Resembling a pig.

    Greedy.

    resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

  2. Slovenly, dirty.

  3. Lecherous, often in a sexist way.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Did you break your piggy bank?

    deHast du dein Sparschwein zerschlagen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My piggy bank is almost full.

  3. I put money in the piggy bank.

  4. Tom smashed his piggy bank with a hammer.

    ruТом разбил свою копилку молотком. — Selena777

    deTom zertrümmerte sein Sparschwein mit einem Hammer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

    deIch möchte Tom ein Sparschwein kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From pig + -y (adjectival suffix).

From pig + -y (adjectival suffix).

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Forms

piggier, piggiest
Comparativepiggier Lesson
Superlativepiggiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedpig

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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