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a guinea pig guinea pigSomeone or something used as the subject of an experiment. Jane used her husband as a guinea pig to try her new baked chicken recipe. Craig earned a little extra money by signing up to be a guinea pig in some local clinical studies.See also: guinea, piga guinea pig COMMON If someone is used as a guinea pig, new ideas, methods, or medical treatments are tested on them. The new technology should allow us to study genetic disease without having to use humans as guinea pigs. This is the first time I've cooked this dish so you are my guinea pigs.See also: guinea, piga ˈguinea pig a person used in medical or other experiments: Students in fifty schools are to act as guinea pigs for these new teaching methods.A guinea pig is a small animal with short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet or used for laboratory research.See also: guinea, pig |