pig
pig
- n domestic swine
- n a coarse obnoxious person
- n a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- n uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- n mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
- n a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- v live like a pig, in squalor
- v eat greedily
- v give birth
- Best-documented version of its founding: about 1790 a group of convivial undergraduates, who were wont to dine on roast pig at Abel Moore's tavern, formed the Pig Club, met .
- While it's true that pigs are a potent reservoir for potentially virulent flu strains, there's no telling where or in which species the current H1N1 swine flu originated.
- In Vietnam, believers in the Chinese zodiac are rushing to give birth this year, hoping their offspring will be born under the auspicious 'golden pig' sign.