Meaning of the word pigs in English

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pigs

an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

Synonym:

hog boar sow porker swine piglet piggy cutter grunter

a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.

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you're such a pig when it comes to sleep

Synonym:

gorge oneself with food.

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he'd pigged himself on the last of the food

(of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.

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