pig

noun23

1. •
   a fat farm animal with rough hair and a nose made for digging, whose meat people eat

   • The man kept a pen with two pigs that he fed everything from carrots to cabbage.
2. •
   A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
3. •
   (offensive, figurative) A person.
4. •
   (offensive, figurative) 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!
5. •
   (offensive, figurative) A police officer.

   • The protester shouted, “Don't give in to the pigs!” as he was arrested.
6. •
   (offensive, figurative) A lecherous or sexist man.

   • She considered him a pig, as he invariably stared at her bosom when they talked.
7. •
   (offensive, figurative) 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.
8. •
   (offensive, figurative) An obese person.
9. •
   (informal) A difficult problem.

   • Hrm... this one's a real pig: I've been banging my head against the wall over it for hours!
   • Chewing-gum is a pig to get out of your hair.
10. •
    The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

    • Some religions prohibit their adherents from eating pig.
11. •
    An oblong block of cast metal (now only iron or lead).

    • The conveyor carried the pigs from the smelter to the freight cars.
12. •
    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.
13. •
    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.
14. •
    A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called piggy pink).

    • So far on the streets there's been a lot of metallic pink (the kind of pink as in the shade of pig you get, and this is exactly the shade of the diary I've been writing in) […] — 2019
15. •
    (US, slang) 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.
16. •
    A lead container used for radioactive waste.

    • Taylor also bought a pig—a radiation-shielding container made of thick lead—to stash the most radioactive materials in. — 2015
17. •
    The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

    • The pig was cracked, and molten metal was oozing from the side.
18. •
    (US, slang) A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
19. •
    (US, slang) A Cadillac car.
20. •
    (slang) The victim of a pig butchering scam.
21. •
    (Scotland) An earthenware pot or jar
22. •
    (Scotland) An earthenware vessel used as a hot-water bottle
23. •
    (slang, no longer used) A sixpence.

verb5

1. •
   To greedily consume (especially food).

   • They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
2. •
   To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
3. •
   To live together in a crowded filthy manner.
4. •
   To give birth.

   • The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
5. •
   To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).

noun3

1. •
   Persuade, Identify, GOTV, an electoral technique commonly employed in the United Kingdom.
2. •
   Acronym of pipe inspection gauge.
3. •
   Police in gear.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of polyclonal immunoglobulin.