as in hog
one who eats greedily or too much
all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs
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Recent Examples of pig
Starting as a chorus pig on The Muppet Show in the mid-1970s, Miss Piggy gradually became a bigger part of the series, before becoming an icon in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The milieu here is rarified and sophisticated, all gallery openings and gourmet restaurants that serve organic pork from pigs who only eat a specific type of acorns.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Elementary schools in Murewa and Mutare and Africa University in Mutare all manage their own farms, primarily raising chickens and pigs, to feed students daily.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Escola revived a 207-year-old diva’s legendary status with their take on Mary Todd Lincoln and can certainly do the same for a 49-year-old pig.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
The milieu here is rarified and sophisticated, all gallery openings and gourmet restaurants that serve organic pork from pigs who only eat a specific type of acorns.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Elementary schools in Murewa and Mutare and Africa University in Mutare all manage their own farms, primarily raising chickens and pigs, to feed students daily.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Escola revived a 207-year-old diva’s legendary status with their take on Mary Todd Lincoln and can certainly do the same for a 49-year-old pig.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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He was baffled as if there does not appear to be any point of access for an animal the size of a ground hog.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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