piggy
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡi/
- Baby Talk
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- "Yes," I said, "Teddy can come, but this little piggy will have to stay home."
- piggy bank
- little piggy
- piggy went to market
OK, let me just draw the little piggy guy right now and then.
- OK, let me just draw the little piggy guy right now and then.
- And if these two don't make you squeal like a little piggy, then nothing else will.
- You know, this little piggy had none.
- This little piggy went to market, it's going to get killed.
- They can be little piggies and yeah, all right, let's go get some shiners now.
Examples
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Come, little piggy.
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He's a good little piggy.
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You know, this little piggy had none.
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You put it in your piggy bank.
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Oh, and this little piggy, he stayed at home.
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We'll have to dig into the piggy bank.
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And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way down!
Fiction book (1997) -
In our house, we have a pink piggy that collects change all year.
Blog text (12) -
I got one, two, three, four, five little piggies awake.
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Look at that cute little piggy playing in the mud!
Synonyms
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1.0
A farm animal with a thick body, short legs, and a long nose raised for meat
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3.2
A farm animal like a pig that is raised for meat
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1.0
A very young farm animal with a round body and short legs that still drinks its mother's milk
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6.6
A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting
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2.1
A very small pig people often call in a cute way
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8.2
A young pig that still drinks its mother's milk
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9.9
A young pig that has just stopped drinking its mother's milk
A young pig that no longer drinks its mother's milk
A farm pig that makes short low noises
Compounds
- Baby Talk
A traditional English children's rhyme that counts toes while a parent wiggles them
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Piggy comes from the word pig plus the ending -y, where -y makes things 'small' or 'friendly'. So piggy is a natural name for a young pig and a cute way to talk about a little or pet pig.