FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa.

n (specifically) A young swine, a piglet.

n (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

n Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

n A nasty or disgusting person.

n A dirty or slovenly person.

n (context|now|_|chiefly|US|derogatory|slang) A police officer. (defdate|From ante 1785.)

n (informal) A difficult problem.

n (context|countable|and|uncountable) A block of cast metal.

n The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

n (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

n (pejorative) a person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal)

v (context|of swine) to give birth.

v (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).

v (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

n (Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard

n An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

n (UK) a pigeon.