pig
verb/pɪɡ/
/pɪɡ/
(British English, informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pig | /pɪɡ/ /pɪɡ/ |
| he / she / it pigs | /pɪɡz/ /pɪɡz/ |
| past simple pigged | /pɪɡd/ /pɪɡd/ |
| past participle pigged | /pɪɡd/ /pɪɡd/ |
| -ing form pigging | /ˈpɪɡɪŋ/ /ˈpɪɡɪŋ/ |
- to eat too much of something
- pig something I had a whole box of chocolates and pigged the lot!
- pig yourself (on something) Don't give me cakes—I'll just pig myself.
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs).Definitions on the go
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