Examples of “pig” in a Sentence

noun A farm animal with a snout and cloven hooves, raised for meat.

• The pig rolled happily in the mud beside the fence.
• Children at the farm fed the young pigs with buckets of apples.
• The farmer kept a dozen pigs in the barn.

noun Someone who eats greedily or messily (informal, insulting).

• He's a real pig when it comes to chocolate biscuits.
• Stop being a pig and pass the crisps round.
• Don't be such a pig — leave some for everyone else.

noun A slang, disrespectful term for a police officer.

• The protesters chanted insults at the pigs lining the street.

verb To eat greedily (informal, usually with "out").

• I pigged out on crisps while watching the film.
• We always pig out at my grandmother's house on Sundays.
• They pigged out on pizza after the game.