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Meaning of the word pigs in English

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pigs

Noun

1.

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
2.

a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person.

Example:
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you're such a pig when it comes to sleep
Synonym:
glutton guzzler gobbler gorger gourmand hog guts gannet brute monster devil scoundrel rogue wretch bastard beast louse swine rat son of a bitch SOB low life scrote blighter heel stinker bounder rotter cad shit sod bugger

Verb

1.

gorge oneself with food.

Example:
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he'd pigged himself on the last of the food
2.

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

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