Definition of 'pig'

Noun

1. domestic swine
      Synonyms: hog grunter squealer Sus scrofa

      

2. a coarse obnoxious person
      Synonyms: slob sloven slovenly person
3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
      Synonyms: hog
4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
      Synonyms: bull cop copper fuzz
5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
      Synonyms: pig bed
6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

Verb

1. live like a pig, in squalor
      Synonyms: pig it
2. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
      Synonyms: devour guttle raven
3. give birth; "sows farrow"
      Synonyms: farrow

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