pig 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)
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 .
- The farmer kept a pen with two pigs that he fed from table scraps and field waste.
(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:
- 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.
(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig .
* 2005 , Ross Eddy Osborn, Thorns of a Tainted Rose (ISBN 0741425319), page 196:
- "Miss Chastene, could you fetch me out an extra plate of pig and biscuit[?] My partner can't do without your marvelous cooking."
Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- You gluttonous pig ! Now that you've eaten all the cupcakes, there will be none for the party!
A nasty or disgusting person.
- She considered him a pig as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
A dirty or slovenly person.
- 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.
* 1989 , , (Carrion Comfort) , page 359 ,
- “...Sounds too easy,” Marvin was saying. “What about the pigs ?”
- He meant police.
* 1990 , Jay Robert Nash, Encyclopedia of World Crime: Volume 1: A-C , page 198 ,
- 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.
* 2008 , Frank Kusch, Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention , page 63 ,
- 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
* 2011 , T. J. English, The Savage City: Race, Murder and a Generation on the Edge , unnumbered page ,
- But me, I joined the party to fight the pigs . That?s why I joined. Because my experience with the police was always negative.
(informal) A difficult problem.
- Hrm... this one's a real pig : I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
(countable, and, uncountable) A block of cast metal.
- 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 mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
(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.
- Unfortunately, the pig sent to clear the obstruction got lodged in a tight bend, adding to the problem.
(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.
- 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
* see
Hyponyms
* (mammal of genus Sus) boar, herd boar; sow, brood sow; piglet, piggy
Derived 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 pig
Descendants
* Abenaki: (l) (from "pigs")
* Malecite-Passamaquoddy: (l) (from "pigs")
Verb
(of swine) to give birth.
- The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
To greedily consume (especially food).
- ''They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
* 2009 , Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, p. 349:
- "Wow, Doc. That's heavy." Denis sat there pigging on the joint as usual.
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. See (m).
Noun
( en noun)
(Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard
An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
Derived terms
* pig-man
* pig-wife
* pig-cart
* pig-ass
* pig-shop
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bore Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; confer German drillen.
Verb
( bor)
(senseid)To inspire boredom in somebody.
* Shakespeare
- He bores me with some trick.
* Carlyle
- used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
(senseid)To make a hole through something.
* Shakespeare
- I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored .
To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
- to bore for water or oil
- An insect bores into a tree.
To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
- to bore''' a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to '''bore a hole
* T. W. Harris
- short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
- to bore one's way through a crowd
* John Gay
- What bustling crowds I bored .
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
- This timber does not bore well.
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
* Dryden
- They take their flight boring to the west.
(of a horse) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air.
- (Crabb)
(obsolete) To fool; to trick.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
- I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, / Baffled and bored , it seems.
Antonyms
* interest
Synonyms
* See
Related terms
* (to make a hole) borer
* (to inspire boredom) bored, boredom, boring
Noun
( en noun)
A hole drilled or milled through something.
- the bore of a cannon
* Francis Bacon
- the bores of wind instruments
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water. The place where the well exists.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest.
Something that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome affair.
* Hawthorne
- It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.
Calibre; importance.
* Shakespeare
- Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.
Synonyms
* See also
Etymology 2
Compare Icelandic word for "wave".
Noun
( en noun)
A sudden and rapid flow of tide in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave; an eagre.
Etymology 3
Verb
(head)
(bear)
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