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
The father and his three children were spotted on a number of other occasions throughout 2023, and once again in October 2024 when local pig hunters happened across them while out walking through Marokopa farmland along the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island.
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
More than four years after a 77-year-old man walked into a Florida hospital with pain in his chest, a new report says preparing and eating feral pig meat was the likely cause of the man’s yearslong infection.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Meet resident pigs Mabel and Martha, and Hank, a nearly 2-month-old black calf and the farm's future herd leader.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
More than four years after a 77-year-old man walked into a Florida hospital with pain in his chest, a new report says preparing and eating feral pig meat was the likely cause of the man’s yearslong infection.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Meet resident pigs Mabel and Martha, and Hank, a nearly 2-month-old black calf and the farm's future herd leader.
—Chrissy Suttles, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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While not native to Florida, wild hogs, also called feral hogs, feral swine, feral pigs, wild boar, wild pigs or piney woods rooter, live in all 67 Florida counties, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC).—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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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,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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