to pig out
7
7.5
- phrasal verb
- /pɪg aʊt/
- Informal
:
comer en exceso
- After a long week, I just want to pig out at the buffet with my friends.
- we just pigged out
- go ahead—pig out
- so you'll pig out
That's what warps their brain and you're allowed to pig out on whatever you want.
- That's what warps their brain and you're allowed to pig out on whatever you want.
- Somebody like I do pig out at night as as well and, and it never makes you're in a safe space.
Examples
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We decided to pig out on pizza and ice cream during the movie marathon.
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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.
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So we're going to pig out for the next two days.
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And everybody can just really pig out.
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Let's go eat something really bad for us and pig out.
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Nine months of the year I'd stay indoors and pig out.
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- Let's pig out!
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My sons and I made a special breakfast to celebrate another 4 years with Barack, and we pigged out!
Blog text (13) -
Yeah, remember all those Sundays you spent teaching Casey how to pass a football when you could've been with me, pigging out on pizza, watchin' the NFL?
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On weekends, we love to pig out on snacks while binge-watching our favorite shows.
Synonyms
109
5.8
To eat a lot quickly until you feel too full
14
3.1
To eat more food than your body needs at one time
12
5.9
To eat a very large amount of food greedily
12
4.5
To do something like eating, drinking, or watching a lot in a short time
7
7.9
To eat a lot in a greedy way
5
7.8
To eat in a very messy and greedy way
3
6.2
Let yourself and others have too much food or drink
3
8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
3
4.9
To eat a very large amount of food
2
4.0
To eat a lot of food eagerly
1
7.6
To eat or drink too much
1
7.9
To eat too much food at one time
1
7.7
To eat a lot of food quickly without control
1
9.9
To eat a lot of food very quickly
1
5.7
To eat a lot of food quickly while enjoying it
To eat too much food quickly and greedily
To eat too much food in a greedy way
To eat a lot of food in a greedy way until you feel too full
To eat too much in a greedy way
To eat too much food at once
To eat a lot of food quickly
To eat a lot of food very quickly
To eat a lot of food very fast without stopping
To eat a lot of food quickly and greedily
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to eat a large amount greedily' is based on a metaphorical use of 'pig' (eat like a pig), which many learners can plausibly infer from the animal image and cross-linguistic parallels. However, the verbified use of 'pig' and the particle 'out' do not follow a fully transparent compositional pattern, so the exact meaning (to gorge oneself/excessively eat) is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase pig out comes from the picture of a greedy pig eating with its head in a trough and leaving nothing. People used that image to mean someone 'eats a large amount' or eats too much, so pig out now means to eat a lot, often greedily.