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Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
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, title= (label) A Web spider.
(ornithology) To rub insects, especially , on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
* {{quote-journal, date = 1974
, coauthors = Potter, Eloise and Hauser, Doris
, title = Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds
, journal = The Auk
, volume = 91
, url = http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v091n03/p0537-p0563.pdf
, page = 538
, passage = Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.
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Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus'', having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal ''Sus scrofa .
(lb) A young swine, a piglet .
* 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
* 2005 , Ross Eddy Osborn, Thorns of a Tainted Rose (ISBN 0741425319), page 196:
Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
A nasty or disgusting person.
A dirty or slovenly person.
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* 1990 , Jay Robert Nash, Encyclopedia of World Crime: Volume 1: A-C ,
* 2008 , Frank Kusch, Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention ,
* 2011 , T. J. English, The Savage City: Race, Murder and a Generation on the Edge ,
(informal) A difficult problem.
(countable, and, uncountable) A block of cast metal.
The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
(pejorative) a person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal)
The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
(of swine) to give birth.
To greedily consume (especially food).
* 2009 , Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, p. 349:
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
(Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard
An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
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English
(wikipedia ant)Alternative forms
* ante, ampteNoun
(en noun)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
Synonyms
* (insect) emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)Hyponyms
* (insect in Formicidae) army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood antDerived terms
* antbear * ant beetle * antbird * ant cap * anteater * anthill * anting * antlike * antlion * antly * the ant's pants * ants in one's pants * antshrike * velvet ant * white antSee also
* ant- (prefix ) * -ant (suffix ) * * army * bike * colony * nest *Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----pig
English
(wikipedia pig) (Sus)Etymology 1
From (etyl) British slang sense "police officer" from at least 1785.2003', Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, ''An Introduction to Language'',page 474— Similarly, the use of the word '''''pig''''' for “policeman” goes back at least as far as 1785, when a writer of the time called a Bow Street police officer a “China Street ' pig .”
Noun
(en noun)- The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.
- Weanlings grow into feeder pigs', and feeder '''pigs''' grow into slaughter hogs. Ultimately the end use for virtually all ' pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
- Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig .
- "Miss Chastene, could you fetch me out an extra plate of pig and biscuit[?] My partner can't do without your marvelous cooking."
- You gluttonous pig ! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
- She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
- He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.
- The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs !” as he was arrested.
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- “...Sounds too easy,” Marvin was saying. “What about the pigs ?”
- He meant police.
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- The bank robberies went on and each raid became more bloody, Meinhof encouraging her followers to “kill the pigs ” offering the slightest resistance, referring to policemen.
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- Backing 300 of the more aggressive protesters was a supporting cast of several thousand more who stared down the small line of police. Those in front resumed their taunts of “Pig', '''pig''', fascist '''pig''',” and “'''pigs''' eat shit, ' pigs eat shit.” The rest of the crowd, however, backed off and sat down on the grass when reinforcements arrived. Police did not retaliate for the name-calling, and within minutes the line of demonstrators broke apart and the incident was over without violence.113
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- But me, I joined the party to fight the pigs . That?s why I joined. Because my experience with the police was always negative.
- Hrm... this one's a real pig : I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
- The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
- After the ill-advised trade, the investor was stuck with worthless options for 10,000 tons of iron pig .
- The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
- Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.
- Unfortunately, the M60 is about twenty-four pounds and is very unbalanced. You try carrying the pig around the jungle and see how you feel.
Synonyms
* (mammal of genus Sus) hog, swine, see also * (someone who overeats or eats rapidly) see * (nasty or disgusting person) see * (police officer) see * seeHyponyms
* (mammal of genus Sus) boar, herd boar; sow, brood sow; piglet, piggyDerived terms
(terms derived from the noun "pig") * blind pig * bush pig * dish pig * eat like a pig * flying pig * guinea pig * happy as a pig in shit * if pigs had wings * in a pig's eye * pig bed * pigface * piggery * piggish * piggy * piggy bank * piggyback * pigheaded * pig in a blanket * pig in a poke * pig iron * pig it * pig Latin * pig lead * piglet * pig-out * pig out * pigpen * pigskin * pig-sticking * pigsty * pigtail * pigweed * potbellied pig * suckling pig * sweat like a pig * when pigs fly * whistle pig * year of the pigDescendants
* Abenaki: (l) (from "pigs") * Malecite-Passamaquoddy: (l) (from "pigs")Verb
- The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
- ''They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
- "Wow, Doc. That's heavy." Denis sat there pigging on the joint as usual.