If someone has piggy eyes, their eyes are small and unattractive.
piggy in British English
(ˈpɪɡɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-gies
1.
a child's word for a pig, esp a piglet
2. piggy in the middle
3.
a child's word for toe or, sometimes, finger
adjectiveWord forms: -gier or -giest
4. another word for piggish
piggy in American English
(ˈpɪgi)
nounWord forms: pluralˈpiggies
1.
a little pig
: also sp. ˈpiggie
adjectiveWord forms: ˈpiggier or ˈpiggiest
2.
piggish
More idioms containing
piggy
the piggy in the middle
Examples of 'piggy' in a sentence
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The piggy in the middle is the opposition leader.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That the little curls of piggy rind would crunch but not twang.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We run round giving each other piggy backs or trying to form a human pyramid.
The Sun (2010)
What happened to the good old piggy bank and weekly pocket money?
The Sun (2014)
We threw pennies into a wishing well and made a piggy bank squeak.
The Sun (2016)
He could build up a tidy little nest egg if he puts each coin in his piggy bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This little piggy stays at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This little piggy had roast beef?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It also helps stop you focusing on the woman ahead of you trying to pay with the contents of her piggy bank.
The Sun (2010)
The suit was not as crumpled as usual, the piggy blue eyes blazing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
When the heist goes wrong, he ends up as piggy in the middle.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The brow creases, and the piggy eyes gleam.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Ditch the debt The piggy bank is back.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If piggy succeeds, the last thrower becomes the piggy in the middle.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But of menace, the piggy eyes had none.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
But be clear you're no longer playing piggy in the middle.
The Sun (2016)
These piggy banks were given away to young account holders 30 years ago.
The Sun (2012)
The red piggy bank shows how many codes you've got banked.
The Sun (2013)
I feel like piggy in the middle.
The Sun (2008)
I am piggy in the middle here.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It isn't the case that people tend to put the piggy in the middle as their secondchoice.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We compare the economics of downsizing with equity release, an alternative way of turning your home into a piggy bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This little piggy had his Tamiflu, this little piggy took none.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One had self-belief that turned into arrogance, the other little piggy had none.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All related terms of 'piggy'
piggy bank
A piggy bank is a small container shaped like a pig, with a narrow hole in the top through which to put coins. Children often use piggy banks to save money .
piggyback
If you give someone a piggyback , you carry them high on your back, supporting them under their knees .
piggy in the middle
Piggy-in-the-middle or pig-in-the-middle is a game in which two children throw a ball to each other and a child standing between them tries to catch it.
the piggy in the middle
someone who is involved against their will in a conflict between two other people or groups, which leads to a very unpleasant situation for them
pig in the middle
a children's game in which one player attempts to retrieve a ball thrown over him or her by at least two other players