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▸ noun: (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
▸ noun: (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
▸ noun: (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
▸ noun: (figuratively, derogatory) A lecherous or sexist man.
▸ noun: (figuratively, derogatory) A dirty or slovenly person.
▸ noun: (figuratively, derogatory) An obese person.
▸ noun: (now chiefly US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, offensive, slang) A police officer.
▸ noun: (informal) A difficult problem.
▸ noun: (countable and uncountable) An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).
▸ noun: The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
▸ noun: A lead container used for radioactive waste.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
▸ noun: (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
▸ noun: (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
▸ noun: (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
▸ verb: (of swine) To give birth.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
▸ verb: (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
▸ noun: (Scotland) earthenware, or an earthenware shard
▸ noun: An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
▸ noun: Persuade, Identify, GOTV, an electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom.
▸ noun: Police in gear.
▸ noun: The twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
▸ noun: Acronym of pipe inspection gauge.
▸ noun: (medicine, biology) Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.
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warthog,
wild boar,
pot-bellied pig,
teacup pig,
Kunekune,
Duroc,
Berkshire,
Yorkshire,
Tamworth,
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