pig out

verb

Definition of pig outnext
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food

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Recent Examples of pig out The parting advice from her mother (an excellent, sparingly used Ariane Labed) is to wear her glasses, read everyday, and to not pig out. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig out
  1. gorge
  2. feast
Verb
  • While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This group gorges itself on the abundant salmon that return to the Brooks River starting in late June.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of gorge
Verb
  • Georgia needed only 24 offensive plays to storm out to a 28-0 halftime lead as its defense forced and feasted on Oklahoma errors.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The Jets aren’t exactly setting the world on fire offensively, but quarterback Geno Smith has feasted on the Lions defense in the past during his time in Seattle.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of feast

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“Pig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig%20out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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