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 Gentle Barn animal sponsorship Honor your favorite animal lover by sponsoring a Gentle Barn donkey, pig, goat, turkey or dog.
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
The Nipah virus, though, has a long incubation rate, which allows the people who have been infected to be isolated and for the infected animals (usually pigs) who gave it to the humans to be culled.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
Carried by fruit bats and animals such as pigs, the virus can cause fever and brain inflammation.
—Reuters, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Traditionally, truffle-searchers used pigs instead of dogs.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
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Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Feb. 2026
The Nipah virus, though, has a long incubation rate, which allows the people who have been infected to be isolated and for the infected animals (usually pigs) who gave it to the humans to be culled.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
Carried by fruit bats and animals such as pigs, the virus can cause fever and brain inflammation.
—Reuters, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
Traditionally, truffle-searchers used pigs instead of dogs.
—Aviva Bechky, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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Several types of animals are raised at the farm including sheep, cattle, turkeys, hogs, and miniature donkeys.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The gut and go maneuver — also known as hog-housing and radiator capping in other states — is expressly banned in the Missouri Constitution, for instance.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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