porker

noun

pork·​er ˈpȯr-kər How to pronounce porker (audio)
1
: hog
especially : a young pig fattened for table use as fresh pork
2
: one resembling a fattened pig : fatty

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Before Stonewall, the idea that a gay rights movement could even exist—let alone flourish—was as likely as an airborne porker. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 21 June 2025 Their Claude version reportedly would follow a user prompt and hunt around the user’s various computer files and open screens like a truffle-searching porker to fulfil the query request. Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 The escape became a ruckus, involving about 20 people, including six Sebastopol police officers, a farmer, three businessmen and a gaggle of children who all got into the porker pursuit. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024 Hyundai Like most any EV, the Ioniq 5 N is quite the porker at about 2,205 kilograms (4,860 pounds). IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for porker

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of porker was circa 1568

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“Porker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porker. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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porker

noun
pork·​er ˈpōr-kər How to pronounce porker (audio)
ˈpȯr-
: hog sense 1a
especially : a young pig fattened for use as fresh pork
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