HyperDic: piggy

English > 2 senses of the word piggy:
ADJECTIVEallpiggy, hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinishresembling swine
NOUNanimalpiggy, piglet, shoat, shotea young pig
piggy > pronunciation
Soundspih'giy
RhymesAg ... yogi / Yogi: 32 rhymes with giy...
English > piggy: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningresembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy.
Example "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"
Synonymshoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish
BroadergluttonousGiven to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
Spanishcerdo, cochino, marrano
Catalanmarrà, porc
Nounspiga person regarded as greedy and pig-like
piggya young pig
English > piggy: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
MeaningA young pig.
Synonymspiglet, shoat, shote
Member ofSus, genus Sustype genus of the Suidae
Narrowersucking pigAn unweaned piglet
Broaderyoung mammalAny immature mammal
Spanishcerdito, cochinillo, lechón
Catalangarrí, porquet
Adjectivespiggyresembling swine

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