noun
plural pigs
[count] :an animal that has a fat body with short legs, a small tail, and a wide nose and that is raised on a farm or lives in the wild - compare hog, piglet, sow; see also guinea pig, potbellied pig
[count] informal + disapproving
someone who eats a lot of food especially at one time
someone who selfishly wants or takes more than other people
someone who is unpleasant or offensive
[count] slang offensive :police officer
[singular] Brit informal :something that is very difficult or unpleasant - + of
a pig in a poke
old-fashioned :something usually of poor quality that someone tries to persuade you to buy or accept when you do not know much about it
in a pig's eye
make a pig's ear (out) of
Brit informal :to do or manage something badly
pig in the middle
pigs might fly
Brit informal
said as a response to something that seems unlikely to happen
when pigs fly
US informal - used to say that you think that something will never happen
verb
pigs; pigged; pigging
pig out
[phrasal verb] informal :to eat a lot of food at one time
US