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Recent Examples of oink
This sweet piglet oinks, walks, and wags its tail, making playtime feel like farm life.
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Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 2 Nov. 2024
This oink vichy seersucker shirt dress is crafted from 100% Italian cotton and combines cute puff sleeves and lace detailing on the collar, along with practical side pockets and a waist tie.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
And the oink doesn't stop there, with a layer of ham and bacon added to the mix along with beautiful slices of avocado, shredded lettuce and a creamy cheese spread to boot.
—Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2022
With a focus toward fresh and local, the menu at downtown’s West Table Kitchen and Bar changes daily, but expect some sort of moo, cluck, swish or oink, including ribeye, duck, trout or pork chop.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
A few weeks ago, a tiny baby pig suddenly started popping up in her Instagram Stories, making adorable mini oinks and getting cozy on her bed.
—Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
Among the new offerings: the Oink Cluck Moo, a combination beef hot dog (the moo), chicken fingers (the cluck) and pulled pork (the oink).
—Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2018
Even though Laura the piglet speaks in oinks and Marina in meows, the two have formed a sweet and inseparable bond.
—Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2018
The Black Pig, 2801 Bridge St. (Ohio City), Cleveland, 216-862-7551, theblackpigcleveland.com: Almost hog heaven, there's a whole lot of oink on this menu.
—cleveland.com, 25 July 2017
Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 2 Nov. 2024
This oink vichy seersucker shirt dress is crafted from 100% Italian cotton and combines cute puff sleeves and lace detailing on the collar, along with practical side pockets and a waist tie.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
And the oink doesn't stop there, with a layer of ham and bacon added to the mix along with beautiful slices of avocado, shredded lettuce and a creamy cheese spread to boot.
—Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2022
With a focus toward fresh and local, the menu at downtown’s West Table Kitchen and Bar changes daily, but expect some sort of moo, cluck, swish or oink, including ribeye, duck, trout or pork chop.
—Mary Ann Anderson, Twin Cities, 20 July 2019
A few weeks ago, a tiny baby pig suddenly started popping up in her Instagram Stories, making adorable mini oinks and getting cozy on her bed.
—Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
Among the new offerings: the Oink Cluck Moo, a combination beef hot dog (the moo), chicken fingers (the cluck) and pulled pork (the oink).
—Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 10 July 2018
Even though Laura the piglet speaks in oinks and Marina in meows, the two have formed a sweet and inseparable bond.
—Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2018
The Black Pig, 2801 Bridge St. (Ohio City), Cleveland, 216-862-7551, theblackpigcleveland.com: Almost hog heaven, there's a whole lot of oink on this menu.
—cleveland.com, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oink
Noun
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Junior Heifers One building was filled with the almost deafening hum of high-power hair dryers and the occasional moo.—
Chris Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In the South, pine straw is about as common as wood mulches like shredded hardwood mulch, wood chips, and pine bark nuggets.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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Potting mix typically contains a combination of peat moss or coconut coir to hold moisture, perlite for drainage, and smaller amounts of components like sphagnum moss, bark, vermiculite, compost, and minerals.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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More squeals of support, and demands to see a picture.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The yelps and chatter of a nursery school recess clattered down from a small hill overlooking the scene.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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They are pinched into a bright, almost surgical nasality or burst loose into grand, sideways arcs, flaring out in a feral yelp.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Late that afternoon, Flint was sitting quietly against his tree and using a Primos can call to make bleats.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
3 Dec. 2025
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His tent grows dim, and sheep bleat for water outside.—
Arsalan Bukhari,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
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But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Stephanie says, between a bark and a chirp.—
Gerald Witt,
AJC.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Participants will be trained to learn the chirps and croaks of various local frog and toad species, then commit to going out to a particular piece of the watershed near their homes a couple of nights per month to listen for the frogs and toads and record their absence or presence.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Dec. 2025
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But Wednesday down in Dove Valley felt like a level of intensity these Broncos hadn’t reached all offseason, emotions and bellows and yaps hinging on nearly every rep during team work.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
31 July 2025
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“Oink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oink. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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