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🐷 A pig sound 🐷 To make pig sound
to oink

to oink

2 6.1
To make a short low sound like a pig
  • verb
  • /ɔɪŋk/
translation icon : gruñir
  • N3: The servant bows deeply to the pigs, which oink at him.
  • pig oinked

I have had four, oink, oink, oink and oink Bert.

Examples

  • The piggies would go oink, oink if they knew how the old boar died.

  • Squeal and oink some more, why don't you?

    Blog text (29)

  • Now, who's ready to oink?

    The Man from Toronto (2022)

  • The pigs oink, oink

    A Mighty Wind (2003)

  • When the farmer called, the pigs started to oink eagerly in response.

  • The young children laughed as they imitated the sound a pig makes, saying 'oink!'

  • As the pig rolled in the mud, it let out a joyful oink.

Synonyms

to squeal
vsto oink
61 3.0

To make a long, high sound like a pig or excited child

is shorter and gruntlike rather than a long high cry

How High

squeal
34 2.9
to oink
2 6.1
to snort
52 3.7
to grunt
355 4.2
to rumble
  • Literature
84 2.5

Surface Forms

oink infinitive
oinked past
oinked past participle
oinking present participle
oinks third person singular

Etymology

Oink as a verb comes from the same idea: it copies the pig noise. So to oink is to 'make the pig sound', just like a cow 'moos' or a dog 'barks', and that helps you remember the meaning.