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to pig

to pig

3 8.1
To live in a very dirty and untidy way
  • verb
  • /pɪg/
  • Informal
translation icon : vivir como un cerdo

Synonyms

to pig it
vsto pig
  • Offensive
9.9

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

is the neutral general form without regional or informal label

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

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Pig meaning to live in a very dirty or untidy way comes from the animal's habit of rolling in mud, so to pig is to make your home or habits messy like a pig.