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
It’s garnished with two spicy pimento cheese and tomato sliders on brioche rolls and the restaurant’s pig candy, plus a stick of celery and wedge fries on the side.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
In the summers, cattle graze across the acreage, with the ranch currently running about 200 cow-calf pairs, along with horses, chickens, and a few pigs.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
One character has a pig for a spirit animal.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
An 1856 drawing of a popular San Francisco saloon known as the Cobweb Palace depicts a crowd of humans joined by two dogs, a pig, a parrot, and six monkeys—at least two of whom seem to be doing mischievous battle with men in the crowd.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025
In the summers, cattle graze across the acreage, with the ranch currently running about 200 cow-calf pairs, along with horses, chickens, and a few pigs.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
One character has a pig for a spirit animal.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
An 1856 drawing of a popular San Francisco saloon known as the Cobweb Palace depicts a crowd of humans joined by two dogs, a pig, a parrot, and six monkeys—at least two of whom seem to be doing mischievous battle with men in the crowd.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig
hog
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To work them to death no more a sin than to butcher a hog.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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“Pig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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