PIGGING OUT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

pigging out

verb

present participle of pig out

as in gorging

to eat greedily or to excess one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food

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There will be title defenses from Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo, who are the Michael Jordan and Diana Taurasi of gorging sausages.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026
But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

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The researchers discovered bacteria feasting on simple carbon compounds within the liquid and found larger numbers of bacteria after fog events than before them—suggesting that the organisms are actually growing.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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