oink
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6.7
A short low sound a pig makes
- noun
- /ɔɪŋk/
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oinc
- The children laughed as they mimicked the oink of the pigs during the farm visit.
- a pig says oink
- Piggies say oink
Common onomatopoeias in English include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp.
- Common onomatopoeias in English include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp.
- I have had four, oink, oink, oink and oink Bert.
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Examples
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I lay there and listened to them oink and snort, back and forth.
Fiction book (1990) -
"They stood it for five minutes, then got up and walked out, pursued by a chorus of 'Oink' that grew louder and louder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.
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Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.
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"Oink! Oink!" the mama pig squealed.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oink, oink, oink!
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Oink, oink.
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Oink, oink.
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Oink, oink.
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Oink, oink!
Synonyms
porcine grunt
vsoink
8.9
A low, rough sound that a pig makes
is a shorter, gruffer pig sound rather than prolonged guttural noise
How Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oink is a word made to copy the sound a pig makes, like other animal words such as moo or baa. So an oink is the pig's 'short, low' sound, which is why we use the word for that noise.