piggy
/ˈpɪɡi
/noun (plural piggies)
A child’s word for a pig or piglet.No, darling, that has nothing to do with piggies....
- ‘I don't sing three little piggies go to market,’ says Sarah.
- I know a bunch of the piggies ' secrets and I feel happy about that.
adjective
Resembling a pig, especially in features or appetite: three pairs of little piggy eyes...
- Up and down the country, arts faculties swarm with undergraduates pretending to be overeducated comedians pretending to be in-bred shopkeepers with little piggy noses.
- The presenter was one of those creepy guys with piggy eyes, moist hands and a face that just ached to be slapped.
- ‘You should always read Chaucer aloud,’ said a young woman with long frizzy hair, little piggy eyes behind little pink piggy spectacles and an overbearingly loud voice.
Phrases
piggy (also pig) in the middle