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to pig

to pig

7 7.9
To eat a lot in a greedy way
  • verb
  • /pɪg/
  • Informal
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  • If pressured by a friend to "pig out" (after eating healthy for an entire week), 7% of women would totally give in, 46% would only share some of their friend's junk food, and 47% would stay disciplined and eat healthy.
  • go home and pig
  • just want to pig

Examples

  • Just remember to eat a sensible lunch, and don't "pig out" before the big meal either.

    Blog text (20)
  • Marty, I'm sorry I'm late, but it was all-you-could-eat night down at the Pit, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to pig out.

  • And everybody can just really pig out.

  • - Yeah, let's go pig out, like, now.

  • When faced with stress, some people pig out and others just stop.

    Blog text (31)
  • Nine months of the year I'd stay indoors and pig out.

  • No need for us to pig out on dry rations and recycled water.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • After touring their facility, I sat down in one of their comfy chairs to pig out on the matches that just kept on coming.

    Blog text (11)
  • I don't pig out and I don't starve myself.

    Blog text (24)
  • We can pig out on snacks while watching the movie.

Synonyms

to devour
vsto pig
13 2.9

To eat food quickly because you are very hungry

is about informal greedy overconsumption rather than mere quick eating
to gorge
vsto pig
12 5.9

To eat a very large amount of food greedily

is the informal way to say the same excess eating
to pig out
vsto pig
  • Informal
7 7.5

Eat a very large amount of food without control

is the informal way to express greedy overeating
to eat like a pig
vsto pig
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

is the informal phrase for greedy eating with emphasis on messiness
to be a pig
vsto pig
  • Offensive
4 8.8

To take more than your fair share of food or things

is focused on informal greedy eating rather than general selfish actions
to eat like a horse
vsto pig
  • Informal
3 4.9

To eat a very large amount of food

is about informal greedy eating rather than habitual large consumption
to make a pig of oneself
vsto pig
  • Informal
1 7.6

To eat or drink too much

is the informal simple label rather than a longer reflexive phrase
to act like a pig
vsto pig
  • Offensive
1 8.0

To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others

is specifically about informal greedy eating rather than general rude behavior
to gluttonize
vsto pig
  • US
9.9

To eat too much food quickly and greedily

is informal while this term stresses lack of restraint
to englut
vsto pig
  • Archaic
9.9

To eat too much food in a greedy way

is the informal version compared with this more formal phrasing
to gourmandize
vsto pig
9.9

To eat too much in a greedy way

is more informal compared with this word that implies rich indulgence
to guttle
vsto pig
  • Archaic
9.9

To eat food quickly and greedily

is about informal greedy overeating rather than speed emphasis
to pigging
vsto pig
  • Informal
7.7

Eating a lot and not leaving enough for others

is the informal single word for that greedy overconsumption
to raven
vsto pig
  • Archaic
9.0

To eat something quickly and greedily

is more about informal greediness and excess rather than just eagerness
to horg
vsto pig
  • Slang
9.9

To eat very quickly and without caring about manners

is the informal term focusing on greedy excess rather than manners or speed

Antonyms

1.0

To let other people use or have part of something

Idioms

to eat like a pig
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

to be a pig
  • Offensive
4 8.8

To take more than your fair share of food or things

to act like a pig
  • Offensive
1 8.0

To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others

1 7.6

To eat or drink too much

1 8.4

To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem

1 9.9

To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated

1 8.2

Feeling very happy and content

in pig
  • UK
9.9

A female pig that is pregnant and carrying piglets

9.3

To argue with someone who will not listen and waste your time

Phrasal Verbs

to pig out
  • Informal
7 7.5

Eat a very large amount of food without control

to pig it
  • Offensive
9.9

To live in a very dirty and untidy way in your home without caring about cleaning

Compounds

guinea pig
  • Informal
44 3.5

A person who takes part in an experiment so others can see the results

15 2.3

A small, furry animal with short legs and almost no tail often kept as a pet

6 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

6 2.1

A small sausage wrapped in dough and baked as a snack

3 6.6

A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting

pig iron
  • Specialized
1 4.9

People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later

1 8.2

A young pig that still drinks its mother's milk

long pig
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Human flesh that some people eat as food

bush pig
  • South African
8.0

A wild pig from Africa with rough hair that lives in many habitats

cinder pig
  • Jargon
9.9

Iron that has a lot of waste material and is poor for making steel

9.9

To eat the body of another person as food

mine pig
  • Archaic
9.7

Pure iron made directly from iron ore without recycled metal

pig bed
  • Specialized
9.9

A sand bed that shapes hot liquid iron into bars

pig face
  • Informal
9.3

A silly face that looks like a pig to make people laugh

pig laurel
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals

pig lead
  • Specialized
9.3

Blocks of lead made for storage or moving

pig pile
  • Informal
6.7

A playful heap of people on top of each other

pig-sticking
  • Archaic
9.9

An activity of hunting wild pigs using long spears

pig-sick
  • Informal
9.8

Very ill or very fed up with something

3.9

About the size of a pig

sea pig
  • Specialized
9.9

A deep-sea animal that looks like a fat sea cucumber and crawls on the ocean floor

How Greedy

to gorge
12 5.9
to pig
  • Informal
7 7.9
to eat
1.0
to nibble
56 2.0

Surface Forms

pig infinitive
pigged past
pigged past participle
pigging present participle
pigs third person singular

Etymology

Pig as a verb meaning to eat in a greedy way comes from comparing a person to the animal, so to pig is to eat a lot like a pig at a trough.