piggy
7.4
Greedy and messy while eating, showing bad manners
- adjective
- /ˈpɪɡi/
- Offensive
:
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- His piggy behavior at the buffet made everyone else uncomfortable.
Just so that the eyes don't look quite so piggy.
- Just so that the eyes don't look quite so piggy.
Examples
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The children's piggy faces were covered in chocolate after the party.
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She had a piggy laugh that echoed across the room.
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I'm not piggy, I'm the Frog.
Synonyms
2
6.9
A person who eats too much and acts greedy and rude
has identical meaning but is a more informal spoken form
1
9.1
A person who takes more than others, especially food, in a greedy, rude way
is similar but highlights greed as personal selfishness more
1
9.9
Very rude and greedy in behavior, like a pig
is similar but stresses rough manners or appearance over moral tone
5.2
Having messy, greedy, or rude manners
is the same idea but used more in everyday speech
8.3
Like a pig in look and behavior, often being fat or greedy
is more informal and carries stronger negative emotion
Compounds
This Little Piggy
- Baby Talk
8.4
A traditional English children's rhyme that counts toes while a parent wiggles them
How Piglike
Surface Forms
piggy positive
Morphology
Etymology
Piggy comes from the simple word pig and the ending -y, which makes a word mean 'like' or 'small'. So piggy makes you imagine someone acting 'pig-like', which is why it describes greedy or messy behaviour.