overeater

Definition of overeaternext
as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much they decided to join a support group for overeaters

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Noun
  • The Chinese zodiac cycles between 12 animals — the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and the pig.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • My parents were known for their epic new year party, my mom making hundreds of dumplings by hand, often supplementing that with a whole suckling pig and endless bottles of baijiu, a powerful sorghum liquor.
    Natasha Pickowicz, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Players slide heavy granite rocks down sheets of ice and must release each rock before crossing the hog line, or the stone gets pulled from play.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Touching the handle after the hog line — double touching — is not allowed.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • All of these people are gluttons at the feast.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Not to mention the obese little gluttons.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Overeater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overeater. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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