单词 | porky |
释义 | porkyn.1 A porcupine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Hystricomorpha (porcupine or guinea-pig) > [noun] > family Hystricidae (porcupine) ilc897 urchinc1400 porcupine?a1425 brush-tail porcupine1885 thorn-swine1889 porky1899 1899 Steven's Point Daily Jrnl. (Wisconsin) 2 May 3/2 Nobody touched the porky... They were all afraid of his quills, and he knew it. 1921 Chambers's Jrnl. May 290/2 An encounter in which ‘Porcy’ had the best of it. 1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia x. 267 They heard the familiar complainings of a ‘porky’ on the move. 1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 120 The porcupine, also known as porky or quill pig, is a unique mammal. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan.–Feb. 53/3 When alarmed, the porky ruffs his quills up, standing them on end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). porkyn.2 Originally and chiefly British. A lie. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 1985 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 4th Ser. Episode 2. 217 Rodney. You don't believe all them stories do you? Del. What? Do you reckon they're porkies? 1992 Folk Roots Sept. 54/1 It's the same defensive posture taken by people who start sentences with the words, ‘to be honest with you’; instant confirmation that they are about to tell a whopping great porky. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 21 Mar. Scientists found that more blood is pumped into our nasal tissues when we tell porkies—causing them to expand. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). porkyadj. colloquial. Of or resembling pork; piglike; fleshy, obese. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [adjective] > resembling pork porky1890 1828 Night Watch II. 105 A porky man, with a leger under his arm. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) A porky odor permeated the whole place. 1893 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour (rev. ed.) li. 275 Mr. Sponge was a good deal more put out by the incident..than his porky host. 1930 R. Campbell Poems 11 See the fat nouns like porky forwards sprawl Into a scrum that never heels the ball. 1975 Times 9 Sept. 9/6 Cleopatra..is shown double-chinned, calculating-eyed and porky. 1995 Times Mag. 28 Oct. 57/5 A boudin of wild boar was a delicious creation, lightly textured, properly savoury, gamily porky—a very high-class sausage indeed. Compounds porky pie n. [as alteration of pork pie n.] British a lie. ΚΠ 1985 Guardian 13 Feb. 22/4 Some of the men as well as the women, ‘tell little porky pies about their age’. 1987 Times 16 Feb. 12/1 That Friday morning Profumo uttered the porky pie that cost him his career. 1997 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 4 May 29/3 The General Election campaign has seen a dramatic increase in the number of half-truths, porkie pies and double talk in recent weeks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11899n.21985adj.1828 |
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