pig

pig
piɡ 1. noun
1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) gris, svin
2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) gris, svin(epels)
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2. adjective
(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) grise-, svine-
- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might fly
gris
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svin
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subst. \/pɪɡ\/
1) gris, svin
2) (hverdagslig, om person) grådigper, egoist
3) råjernsblokk, barre, blokk
4) rørrenser, rensebørste, skraper
5) (slang) snut, purk (politi)
in a pig's eye (amer.) den må du lenger ut på landet med
long pig eller long pork forklaring: kannibalers betegnelse på menneskekjøtt
make a pig of oneself forspise seg, kaste i seg
make a pig's ear of something lage en salig røre av noe, rote noe skikkelig til
pig in a poke katta i sekken
• it's like buying a pig in a poke
det er som å kjøpe katta i sekken
pigs might fly! og det vil du jeg skal tro!, ja, særlig!
pig's wash se ➢ pigwash
squeal like a stuck pig hyle som en stukken gris
sweat like a pig svette som bare det
II
verb \/pɪɡ\/
1) (hverdagslig) spise for mye
2) få grisunger
pig it\/together bo (klumpet sammen) som svin
pig out forspise seg, kaste i seg

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