单词 | piggy |
释义 | piggyn.1 colloquial. 1. A little pig; a pet name for a pig or (occasionally) another animal referred to as a pig. Also (usually humorous): a fat or greedy person.In quot. 1890 applied to a hedgehog. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young farrowa700 grice?c1225 piga1250 hogling1377 porketa1555 porkling1561 porkin1570 swine shoat1581 hog-babe1610 hoglet1611 pigling1612 piggy1625 gruntling1686 porkrel1694 piggy-wiggy1766 griceling1782 boneen1827 slip1832 piglet1839 slip-pig1844 squeaker1861 piggy-wig1870 snork1891 snorker1891 1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes §278.304 Is the piggy serued? 1672 H. Herbert Narr. in Camden Misc. (1990) XXX. 342 The French have cast lotts upon his Temporall Vesture and made him a spirituall Ashe of Verdun or as a little piggi in England. 1736 Piggy in Beeriad 71 The Captains Pigs that hitherto lay hush, Rouz'd, and bespatter'd Piggy all with Slush. 1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 25 Go to the forest, piggy, and deplore The miserable lot of savage swine. 1841 Times 5 Oct. 7/5 The owner of a pig..shutting the door to prevent piggy's egress, whipped the poor animal until it squeaked for mercy. 1890 Spectator 10 May 655/1 If the worm objected to come out of the hole, ‘piggy’ [sc. a hedgehog], with his head on one side, gently scratched away the grass with his right fore-paw and extracted him. 1927 W. S. Churchill Let. 30 Oct. in W. S. Churchill & C. S. Churchill Speaking for Themselves (1999) xiii. 316 The remaining new sow has had seven piggies. 1993 J. Saunders Absolutely Fabulous ii. 42 Shouldn't eat so much, little piggy. 2. English regional (northern) and Irish English (northern) The game of tipcat (tipcat n. 2); the ‘cat’ or piece of wood used in this game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] > equipment trippetc1440 cat1598 tipcat1676 piggy1862 piggy-stick1968 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 384 Piggy, a game played by boys with sticks, and a piece of rounded wood, pointed at each end, called the ‘piggy’, which, when struck at either end, rebounds, similar to the game of ‘cat’ elsewhere. 1884 Manch. Guardian 22 Sept. 8/4 ‘Piggy’ (which some members..recognise under the name of ‘tip-cat’) [was] among the features he described as objectionable in our street life. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 12/1 About 300 spectators attended the Barnsley Queen's Grounds..on the occasion of a long knock piggy match for £50 and the championship of Yorkshire. 1999 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 18 Nov. 59 Another outdoor pastime was the game of Tip Cat, which had many variants and names, depending on the region... In Yorkshire and Lancashire, it was Piggy or Nipsey. 3. colloquial. A toe. Chiefly in plural.This sense of the word derives from the association with the use of piggy in the nursery rhyme ‘This little piggy went to market’, which usually is counted out on a child's toes. The traditional written English version of the rhyme uses pig; piggy occurs in familiar Scottish and North American versions of the rhyme (see P. M. Fraser This Little Piggy, & Other Counting Rhymes (1942) 4–5), and is a likely colloquial variant elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > toe > [noun] toec725 piggy1978 1908 R. W. Gilder Poems 127 Quick as you can think Twenty small toes In four pretty rows, Like little piggies pink, All kick in the air.] 1978 Washington Post 29 May c5/2 We think Miller is in the same condition as last year, when he was the alleged front runner, but he never got the piggies over the doorsill. 1989 Sunday Express Mag. 12 Nov. 16/1 When she opens the door barefoot..prepared to face the press with her piggies on show, presumably it's okay for the rest of us, too. 1998 Rock & Ice Sept. 51 (advt.) Snug in the heel. Precise over the instep. A little wider across your piggies. Compounds piggy-and-stick n. rare = sense 2; cf. piggy-stick n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > tip-cat > [noun] cat's-pellet1609 trippet1624 cat1626 kit-cat1665 cat's-play1668 tipcat1801 cat and dog1808 piggy1862 piggy-and-stick1932 kennetjie1947 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. i. ix. 159 The little Jewboys..started playing ball or piggy-and-stick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piggyn.2 Scottish and English regional (Northumberland). rare. A small earthenware pot or pig (cf. pig n.2); spec. (English regional (Northumberland)) an earthenware hot-water bottle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > earthenware vessel > small crusec1420 pankin1420 gallipot1465 crocketa1657 piggy1711 canette1881 1711 in Ulster Jrnl. Archæol. (1898) 4 117 Pour it on a clean piggie or plate, then scum it, and boill it for your use. 1727 Song: Country Lass in A. Ramsay New Misc. Sc. Song 180 My Paisly Piggy, cork'd with Sage, Contains my Drink but thin—O. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 535 A traveller reported that in Northumberland the people slept with the pigs for warmth. He had been asked if he would have a piggy in his bed. 1958 Banffshire Jrnl. 1 Apr. Hooever, as the sayin' is — ‘the piggy gangs tae the wall till ae day’, an' that day cam' tae Wullie at the lang last. 1987 F. Graham New Geordie Dict. 36 Pig piggy, an earthenware hot water bottle.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piggyadj. Piglike; resembling or suggestive of a pig; (figurative) unpleasant; stubborn, greedy, unattractive, dirty. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [adjective] piglikea1625 piggish1742 piggy1839 pigly1859 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1839 T. Hood Hood's Own 380 Miss Ikey, Whose whole pronunciation was so piggy. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxii. 198 He was fresh-coloured, with little piggy eyes. 1897 C. Lee Widow Woman 165 Thou peggy varmen! 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 279 Avaricious; Greedy, Grabby, a hog for,..on the make, piggy. 1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach viii. 264 ‘Getting a bit piggy, isn't it?’.. ‘Everything shut up, and dirty, and stinking.’ 1995 Maxim July 117/1 This is a rich dish so don't get all piggy and make yourself queasy. Compounds piggy-eyed adj. having small eyes like those of a pig; having deep-set, squinting, or half-shut eyes. ΚΠ 1963 D. Stanford Muriel Spark 45 At first, her pupils are impressed..—none more than piggy-eyed little Sandy. 1974 Greece & Rome 21 157 The Caecilii evidently abandoned their piggy-eyed ancestor Caeculus in favour of Caecas, a comrade of Aeneas. 1997 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) May 75/2 I had two vodkas last night... Two is my absolute limit, so now I'm piggy-eyed and puffy. 2003 Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. (Features section) 10 Being very shortsighted indeed, my glasses rendered me piggy-eyed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11625n.21711adj.1839 |
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