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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: pig - pig in a poke</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="pig"> pig (1), noun, verb, pigged, pigging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a swine or hog, a four-footed domestic animal with a stout, heavy body, cloven hoofs, and a broad snout, raised for its meat. <DD> b. any similar animal. <DD> 2. a young pig. <DD> 3. pork (used humorously, except in reference to young or suckling pigs). <DD> 4. (Informal, Figurative.) a person who seems or acts like a pig; one who is greedy, dirty, dull, sullen, or stubborn. <DD> 5a. an oblong mass of iron, lead, or other metal that has been poured into a mold, usually of sand, while molten so that it is of a size and shape convenient for storage. Ex. The first actual tap of the metal for casting into pigs occurred yesterday (Wall Street Journal). <DD> b. a mold or channel in a pig bed. <DD> c. metal in such masses; pig iron or pig lead. <DD> 6. (Slang.) a derogatory term for a police officer. <DD> 7. (U.S. Slang.) a girl or woman of low morals. <DD>v.i., v.t. 1. to bring forth pigs; farrow. <DD> 2. to herd, lodge, or sleep together like pigs, especially in filth. Ex. a dozen felons, pigging together on bare bricks in a hole fifteen feet square (Macaulay). expr. in a pig's eye, (Slang.) certainly not; never. Ex. "I should apologize to them? In a pig's eye!" expr. in pig, (of a sow) pregnant. Ex. The September pig sample on farms in England and Wales shows ... little difference between the numbers of sows and gilts in pig (London Times). expr. pig it, to herd, lodge, or sleep together like pigs. Ex. You'd have to pig it with the goats and the cattle (Grant Allen). expr. pig out, (U.S. Slang.) <DD> a. to stuff oneself with food. Ex. Johnson reports that some colleges have informal groups ... who "pig out" regularly in frantic feasting (Time). <DD> b. (Figurative.) to overindulge. Ex. And speaking of pigging out on floppy disks, here's one that comes with 4,000K (Peter H. Lewis). adj., adv. piglike. </DL> <A NAME="pig"> pig (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) an earthenware container, such as a pot, pitcher, or jar; crock. </DL> <A NAME="pigbed"> pig bed,<DL COMPACT><DD> the bed or series of sand molds in which pigs of iron are cast. </DL> <A NAME="pigboard"> pig board,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Surfing.) a surfboard shaped like a wedge of pie; tear drop. </DL> <A NAME="pigboat"> pigboat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a submarine. </DL> <A NAME="pigeon"> pigeon (1), noun, pl. -geons or (collectively) -geon.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a group of birds with a plump body, short tail, and short legs. The rock pigeon, the passenger pigeon (now extinct), and the white-crowned pigeon are three kinds. Pigeons are found throughout the world. There are numerous species, making up a family of birds. The smaller kinds are usually called doves. <DD> 2. (Slang.) a person who is, or lets himself be, easily tricked, especially in gambling. Ex. This living and moving Moggs is a pigeon for the plucking if ever there was one (Punch). He was a famous pigeon for the play-men; they lived upon him (Thackeray). (SYN) simpleton, dupe, gull. </DL> <A NAME="pigeon"> pigeon (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =pidgin. <DD> 2. (British Slang.) business, concern, or affair. Ex. I don't suppose airport acoustics are really your pigeon (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="pigeonberry"> pigeonberry, noun, pl. -ries. =pokeberry.</DL> <A NAME="pigeonblood"> pigeon blood, =pigeon's-blood.</DL> <A NAME="pigeonbreast"> pigeon breast, =chicken breast.</DL> <A NAME="pigeonbreasted"> pigeon-breasted, adjective. =chicken-breasted.noun pigeon-breastedness. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonguillemot"> pigeon guillemot, =sea pigeon.</DL> <A NAME="pigeonhawk"> pigeon hawk,<DL COMPACT><DD> a pigeon-sized falcon which breeds in northern North America; merlin. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonhearted"> pigeon-hearted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very timid or cowardly; fainthearted. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonhole"> pigeonhole, noun, verb, -holed, -holing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a small place built, usually as one of a series, for domestic pigeons to nest in. <DD> b. a small hole in a wall for pigeons to pass in and out. <DD> 2. one of a set of boxlike compartments for holding papers and other articles, as in a desk or a cabinet, or standing by itself. Ex. A frivolous little Chinese pagoda at each side of a compartment of pigeonholes (New Yorker). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) a category or class; classification. Ex. There's nothing they like better than gathering up ... miscellaneous Americans and jamming them all into the same upper-class pigeonholes (New Yorker). <DD>v.t. 1. to put in a pigeonhole or compartment. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) <DD> a. to classify and lay aside in memory where one can refer to it. Ex. to pigeonhole a witty remark. <DD> b. to put aside, especially with the idea of dismissing, forgetting, or neglecting. Ex. The plan was pigeonholed and never heard of again. <DD> c. to put into a category or class; categorize. Ex. Commentators found it difficult to pigeonhole the President as either a "liberal"or "conservative" (Richard Harwood). <DD> 3. to furnish with pigeonholes. noun pigeonholer. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonite"> pigeonite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a variety of pyroxene similar to diopside, occurring in basalt, gabbro, and other rocks. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonlivered"> pigeon-livered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) meek; gentle. Ex. But I am pigeon-livered, and lack gall To make oppression bitter (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="pigeonmilk"> pigeon milk, =pigeon's milk.</DL> <A NAME="pigeonpea"> pigeon pea,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the small, nutritious seed of an East Indian shrub of the pea family, now widely cultivated in tropical areas. <DD> 2. the plant itself. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonpost"> pigeon post,<DL COMPACT><DD> the conveyance of letters or dispatches by pigeon. Ex. The Caliphs made the pigeon post a regular institution in the Nile delta (London Daily News). </DL> <A NAME="pigeonpox"> pigeon pox,<DL COMPACT><DD> an infectious, viral disease of pigeons, marked chiefly by the breaking out of small yellow nodules on the head. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonsblood"> pigeon's-blood, noun, or pigeon's blood,<DL COMPACT><DD> a deep-red color, the color most esteemed in the ruby. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonsmilk"> pigeon's milk,<DL COMPACT><DD> a whitish liquid containing solid, cheeselike bits, formed in the crop of the adult pigeon and regurgitated to feed its young. </DL> <A NAME="pigeontoe"> pigeon-toe, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -toed, -toeing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to walk with the toes turned inward. Ex. He pigeon-toed his way across the rug (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="pigeontoed"> pigeon-toed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the toes or feet turned inward. </DL> <A NAME="pigeonwing"> pigeonwing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. a figure in skating, in which the skater makes the outline of a bird's wing. <DD> 2. a dance step performed by jumping and hitting the heels together in the air. </DL> <A NAME="pigfish"> pigfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain fishes, such as a grunt of the Atlantic coast of North America; sailor's-choice. </DL> <A NAME="piggery"> piggery, noun, pl. -geries.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) <DD> 1. a place where pigs are kept or raised. <DD> 2. pigs as a group; swine. </DL> <A NAME="piggie"> piggie, noun, pl. -gies. =piggy.</DL> <A NAME="piggin"> piggin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially Dialect.) a small wooden pail with one stave longer than the rest and serving as a handle; pipkin. </DL> <A NAME="piggish"> piggish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of, having to do with, or like a pig. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) very selfish; greedy. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) dirty; filthy. adv. piggishly. noun piggishness. </DL> <A NAME="piggy"> piggy, noun, pl. -gies, adjective, -gier, -giest.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a little pig. <DD>adj. like a pig; piggish. Ex. Henry VIII ... is even piggier (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="piggyback"> piggyback, adverb, adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. on the back or shoulders. Ex. a father carrying a baby piggyback. Flatcars often take trucks piggyback from one place to another. <DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with the transporting of loaded truck trailers on flatcars. Ex. Piggyback traffic, hauling loaded trucks to the terminal nearest their destination, went up ... to more than 250,000 carloads during the year (Austin C. Wehrwein). <DD> 2. on top of or supplementary to the main load. Ex. The 50-pound package of needles will be carried into orbit as a piggyback payload on an Air Force satellite (New York Times). <DD>noun the transporting of loaded truck trailers on flatcars to the point nearest the place where the freight is to be delivered. Ex. Trucks often offer lower rates, too; rails fight back with piggyback (Wall Street Journal). <DD>v.t., v.i. to carry or move by piggyback. Ex. The New Haven Railroad has been piggybacking trucks for several years on a limited basis in New England (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="piggybank"> piggy bank,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small container in the shape of a pig, with a slot in the top for coins. Ex. Taxes and inflation have cracked more of their piggy banks than wild spending (Harper's). <DD> 2. any coin bank. </DL> <A NAME="pigheaded"> pig-headed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> stupidly obstinate or stubborn. adv. pig-headedly. noun pig-headedness. </DL> <A NAME="piginapoke"> pig in a poke,<DL COMPACT><DD> something that a person buys or accepts without seeing it or knowing its value. Ex. What price do you put on a pig in a poke? (Punch). </DL> <A HREF="pigiron.dic">NEXT</A>