• PIG
n. 1. an unpleasant or despicable person …1546 sl.
n. 2. a police officer …1811 sl., derogatory
n. 3. a lake steamship …1898 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a police spy; an informer …Bk1902 sl.
n. 5. sixpence … Bk1903 sl.
n. 6. a grasping person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 7. any dirty or slovenly person …20C US colloq.
n. 8. an unpleasant or awkward thing, task, etc. …E20 colloq.
n. 9. a railroad locomotive …1931 Amer. dial.
n. 10. an unlicensed liquor store …1934 Amer. dial.
n. 11. the horn of a saddle …1940 Amer. dial.
n. 12. one who overeats …1942 sl.
n. 13. a racehorse …Bk1942 Amer. turf sl.
n. 14. a promiscuous girl or woman …M20 US sl.
n. 15. a prostitute …M20 US criminals’ sl.
n. 16. an ugly young woman, esp. if fat or dirty …M20 US sl.
n. 17. a miser, a stingy or greedy person …1951 Amer. dial.
n. 18. an old truck or car …1961 Amer. dial.
n. 19. a marmot; a groundhog …1968 Amer. dial.
n. 20. a segment of an orange or tangerine …1994 Amer. dial.
n. 21. a ceramic hot-water bottle, heated brick, or similar object used to apply heat to the body …1995 Amer. dial.
• PIG ALLEY
n. the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live …1967 Amer. dial.
• PIG BLANKET
n. a makeshift bed on the floor or ground …1998 Amer. dial.
• PIG-BOAT
n. 1. a submarine …US sl.
n. 2. a lake steamship …1949 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON
n. 1. a person easily swindled or tricked, esp. in gaming; a dupe; a gullible person …1593 sl.
n. 2. a fool; a soft-head …Bk1891 sl.
n. 3. a woman; a cute girl; a gentle woman …20C US colloq.
n. 4. one who betrays associates to the police or other authorities; an informer …1949 sl.
n. 5. a person who carries a journalist’s report from one country to another in order to evade censorship …L20 sl.
n. 6. fried chicken …1990s US prison sl.
• PIGEON-DROP
n. a confidence trick, esp. one which starts with a wallet dropped in front of the victim or ‘pigeon’ …1937 US sl.
• PIGEON-DROPPER
n. a confidence trickster who uses the ‘pigeon-drop’ …1961 US sl.
• PIGEON-EYED
adj. intoxicated with alcohol …E18 US sl.
• PIGEONHOLE
n. 1. an excessively wide space between words …L17 obs. sl.
n. 2. the female genitals …19C sl.
• PIGEONNIER
n. a dovecote …1941 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON-PAIR
n. twins of the opposite sex …19C Brit. sl.
• PIGEON ROOST
n. the balcony of a theatre …1905 Amer. dial.
• PIGEON’S ROOST
n. the balcony of a theatre …1966 Amer. dial.
• PIG-EYED
adj. having eyes that stick out; having squinty eyes …1966 Amer. dial.
• PIG-FEATHERS
n. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG FROG
n. a bullfrog …1914 Amer. dial.
• PIGGED
adj. helpless, bound hand and foot …1949 Amer. dial.
• PIGGER
n. a very fat woman …20C African-American sl.
• PIGGERY
n. 1. a squalid drinking establishment …M19 US sl.
n. 2. a place that sells liquor illegally …1854 Amer. dial. obs.
n. 3. a room that is rarely cleaned or tidied but which is very much the private concern of its occupant …L19 sl.
• PIGGIE
n. an affectionate or child’s term for a pig …1799
• PIGGIN
n. a skillet …1952 Amer. dial.
• PIGGING
adj. 1. filthy …20C Irish sl.
adj. 2. intensifier; a euphemism for ‘fucking’ …20C sl.
• PIGGLE
vb. 1. to trifle with …E20 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to pull or tug nervously …1936 Amer. dial.
• PIGGLEDY-HIGGLEDY
n. disorder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIGGLING
adj. paltry, niggling …M19 Eng. dial.
• PIGGOOEY!
int. a call to pigs …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGGOOP!
int. come!; used to call pigs …1949 Amer. dial.
• PIGGY
adj. 1. unpleasant …L19 Aust. sl.
adj. 2. of a sow: pregnant …1937 Amer. dial.
adj. 3. avaricious, greedy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 4. pregnant …1953 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. sexually abandoned …1970s US homosexual sl.
n. 1. an affectionate or child’s term for a pig …1799
n. 2. one who has been jailed for bestiality …1980s Aust. prison sl.
• PIGGYBACK
n. 1. the occupation by a dealer of several floors in a building; when one is raided others are still available …1980s sl.
n. 2. the simultaneous injection of 2 drugs …2000s US drug culture
• PIGGY POO!
int! used as a call to pigs …1981 Amer. dial.
• PIGGY-WIG
n. an affectionate or child’s term for a pig …1862
• PIGGY-WIGGY
n. an affectionate or child’s term for a pig …1862
• PIG HASH
n. nonsense; gossip …1967 Amer. dial.
• PIG HIP
n. ham; a ham …1979 Amer. dial.
• PIG HOUSE
n. a county or city jail …1970 Amer. dial.
• PIGHTEL
n. an enclosure surrounding a house, a yard, barnyard, or cow pen …1860 Amer. dial.
• PIGHTLE
n. an enclosure surrounding a house, a yard, barnyard, or cow pen …1860 Amer. dial.
• PIG-IGNORANT
adj. crassly ignorant …1972 sl.
• PIG IN A BAG
n. something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A BLANKET
n. 1. a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1967 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A POKE
n. something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1788 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN A SACK
n. something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN THE BAG
n. something one cannot see or evaluate before deciding to accept or purchase it; a blind exchange …1965 Amer. sl.
• PIG IN THE BLANKET
n. a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG IRISH
n. Irish people or people of Irish descent, esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits …1932 Amer. dial.
• PIG ISLAND
n. New Zealand …1888 NZ colloq.
• PIG ISLANDER
n. a New Zealander …1888 NZ colloq.
• PIG ISLANDS
n. New Zealand …19C Aust. & NZ sl.
• PIG-JUMP
n. a jump made by a horse from all four legs without bringing them together …20C Aust. sl.
vb. of a horse: to jump in the manner described in the noun above …20C Aust. sl.
• PIGLING
n. a piglet …1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG-MEAT
n. a sexually loose woman; a prostitute …M20 US sl.
• PIGMEATER
n. a bullock fit only for pig’s food …20C Aust. sl.
• PIGMOUTH
n. a very fat woman …20C African-American sl.
• PIGNORATITIOUS
adj. relating to things given in pledge or pawned …1656 rare
• PIG NOSE
n. a French gas mask …World War I Amer. sl.
• PIG-NUT
n. a peanut …1959 Amer. dial.
• PIGOO!
int. a call to pigs …1937 Amer. dial.
• PIGOPOLIS
n. 1. Chicago …M19 sl.
n. 2. Cincinnati …M19 US sl.
• PIG-OUT
n. a bout of eating a large amount of food …1979 colloq.
vb. to overindulge in eating or drinking …1978 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• PIG OYSTER
n. a pig’s testicle, esp. as an article of food …1991 Amer. dial.
• PIGPEN IRISH
n. Irish people or people of Irish descent, esp. those belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits …1932 Amer. dial.
• PIG PILE
n. a pile of people one on top of another …1955 Amer. dial.
• PIG POTATO
n. an undersized white potato …1966 Amer. dial.
► PIGRITIOUS adj. slothful, lazy → 1638 obs.
► PIGRITUDE n. slothfulness, laziness, idleness → 1623 obs.
• PIG-ROOT
vb. of a horse: to buck …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• PIGS
int. an exclamation of contempt or derision …1906 Aust. sl.
n. 1. mistakes, a mess …20C Royal Air Force sl.
n. 2. small potatoes …20C farmers’ usage
n. 3. beer …1967 rhyming sl. (Pig’s Ear)
• PIGS AND WHISTLES
int. an exclamation equivalent to ‘The deuce!’ or the like …B1900
n. fragments; odds and ends; pieces; knickknacks; trivial things …1681
• PIG’S ARSE!
int. an exclamation …20C sl.
• PIG’S ASS!
int. an exclamation …20C sl.
• PIG’S BLANKET
n. a sausage or wiener wrapped in dough or batter and cooked; occasionally, a sausage wrapped in bread or a bun …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG’S BREAKFAST
n. an unappetizing or messy thing …1933 colloq.
• PIG-SCONCE
n. a pig-headed fellow, a blockhead, a fool, a dullard …1631
• PIG’S EAR
int. an exclamation …20C sl.
n. 1. beer; a glass of beer …1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 2. an unlicensed liquor store …1930 Amer. dial.
• PIG’S EYE
n. an unlicensed liquor store …1967 Amer. dial.
• PIG’S-FOOT
n. a short crowbar, used by housebreakers …Bk1896 sl.
• PIG SHAVE
n. a crew-cut or other very short haircut …1950 Amer. dial.
• PIG’S-HEAD NEGUS
n. an inferior, evil-tasting soup …c1800 Royal Navy sl.
• PIG’S HIP
n. ham; a ham …1990 Amer. dial.
• PIGSHIT IRISHMAN
n. an Irish person or one of Irish descent, esp. one belonging to the lower classes or retaining lower-class traits …1968 Amer. dial.
• PIGSKIN
n. a saddle …c1860 sporting sl.
• PIGSKIN ARTIST
n. a jockey …c1912 Aust. sl.
• PIG’S KNOCKERS
n. pig’s testicles …20C Amer. dial.
• PIGS’ MEAT
n. officers’ wives or mistresses …c1930 Royal Navy sl.
• PIGSNEY
n. 1. one specially cherished; a darling, a pet; a term of endearment; generally applied to a girl or a woman; rarely applied to a man or boy (obs. now for this use) …c1386 arch. or Eng. dial.
n. 2. an eye; the eye of a woman …1663 obs.
• PIGSNY
n. a term of endearment …c1386 arch.
• PIG’S ORPHAN
n. an unpleasant disagreeable fellow …1940s Royal Navy sl.
• PIG’S POTATO
n. an undersized white potato …1966 Amer. dial.
• PIG-STABBER
n. a sharp-pointed shoe …1968 Amer. dial.
• PIG-STICKER
n. 1. a bayonet, a knife, esp. a large folding knife; a pocketknife …1870 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a pork butcher …1886 sl. & Eng. dial.
• PIG-STICKING
n. anal copulation …E20 Can. sl.
• PIGS TO YOU!
int. an exclamation of contempt or derision …1906 Aust. sl.
• PIG’S TRACKS
n. illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIGSTY
n. a dirty or untidy place …1820 sl.
• PIG SWEAT
n. 1. any inferior alcoholic beverage …20C US sl.
n. 2. beer …20C US sl.
• PIG’S WHISKERS
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG’S WHISPER
n. 1. a very short space of time …1791
n. 2. a loud whisper meant to be heard …B1900 N. Ireland
n. 3. a low whisper; a grunt …B1900 Eng. dial.
• PIG’S-WHISTLE
n. a short time; a moment …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG’S WINGS
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIGTAIL
n. 1. a small candle …E19 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a Chinese person …1858 sl., orig. Aust., derogatory or offensive
n. 3. in baseball: one who fetches out-of-bounds balls …1897 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a curlicue; a little flourish on one’s handwriting or signature …1966 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a tagalong …1967 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. in baseball: to fetch out-of-bound balls …1897 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to tag along; to follow …1942 Amer. sl.
• PIGTRACKS
n. 1. a vulgar, ill-bred person …1942 Amer. dial.
n. 2. (‘pig tracks’) illegible handwriting …1965 Amer. dial.
• PIG TRANQUILIZER
n. the drug PCP …20C US drug culture sl.
• PIGWASH
n. nonsense …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PIG WHISPER
n. a grunt …19C colloq.
• PIG WOO!
int. a call to get the pigs in at feeding time …1965 Amer. dial.
• PI-JAW
n. a moralizing lecture or exhortation, esp. one given to children by a teacher or parent …1891 arch. sl.
vb. to give a moralizing lecture to; to reprimand …1891 arch. sl.
• PIKE
n. 1. a person from Missouri …1854 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a poor White person; a good-for-nothing …1856 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a tramp …c1860 cant
n. 4. a nosy, snoopy, or inquisitive person, a prying person …1959 Amer. dial.
n. 2. the penis, esp. the erect penis …sl.
vb. 1. to hasten off, go away quickly; to go fast …LME obs. sl.
vb. 2. to die …E16 sl.
vb. 3. to go; to proceed …E16 sl.
vb. 4. to gamble, esp. in a small way; to play cautiously and for small amounts …1889 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to back down; to fail or refuse to go with the crowd …1916 Amer. dial.
vb. 6. to be nosy, to snoop, to pry …1959 Amer. dial.
• PIKE OUT QUICKER THAN A WHIRLYGUST CHASING A STREAK OF LIGHTNING
vb. to back down speedily …1864 Amer. dial.
• PIKER
n. 1. a petty thief …14C sl.
n. 2. a poor White person; a good-for-nothing …1859 Amer. dial.
n. 3. a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; a person who takes no chances…1889 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a person who avoids doing his or her share of the work; a shirker; a lazy person … 1889 sl., orig. US
n. 5. a vagrant, a tramp; a Gypsy …M19 sl.
n. 6. a bullock living wild in the bush …L19 Aust. sl.
n. 7. a person who speculates in stocks, esp. with only small sums …L19 sl.
n. 8. a person from Missouri …1907 Amer. dial.
n. 9. one who can’t be depended upon …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
n. 10. a mean person; a cheapskate…E20 sl.
n. 11. coward; a quitter …E20 US sl.
n. 12. a useless person; a failure …Aust. & NZ sl.
• PIKERS
n. wild cattle which cannot be got out of the bush …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• PIKE’S PEAK OR BUST
phr. an expression of determination – formerly painted on ‘prairie schooners’ bound for Colorado …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PIKESTAFF
n. the penis …18C Brit. sl.
• PIKEY
adj. nosy, prying, inquisitive …1959 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a Gypsy or member of a travelling people; more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable (now regarded as offensive) …1847 Eng. dial. & sl.
n. 2. a member of the underclass …20C Brit. sl., derogatory
• PIKING
n. the practice of deriving sexual pleasure from watching strangers have sex in parked cars and other secluded but public places …20C Brit. sl.
• PIKO
n. the navel …1938 Hawaii
Back to INDEX P
Back to DICTIONARY
Lexicophilia 