Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The characteristic grunting noise of a hog.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Representing the sound made by a
pig . - interjection Drawing attention to
male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig). - noun The sound made by a
pig , or an imitation thereof. - verb intransitive Of a
pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs
- noun the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I bet it will taqke the "oink" out of a big hog, too!
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I bet it will taqke the "oink" out of a big hog, too!
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I love that they had to write "oink" next to the pig so that we'd know what it was.
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They quickly put an apple in his mouth and told him to say "oink" as they examined his digestive system.
News Alert: Doctors Find Rush Limbaugh Has No Heart Trouble. 2010
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Additionally, onomatopoeia can change radically from one language to the next: English-speakers would say that pigs go "oink", whereas to the Japanese, they go buu.
RRTeaching Rosie Redfield 2008
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The in-service support portion of the deal will be the subject of further discussions check the "oink" at the end of the post, said one source familiar with the agreement.
C-130J: "Controversial military cargo planes get Treasury Board approval" 2007
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I laughed out loud at Nora in the "oink" hat since it's basically a staple of our State Fair.
Halloween Treats Karyn 2007
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There's an "oink" word that I remember from childhood, but it is not shown in the Urban Dictionary as having the meaning we used for it, so I'm not going to tell you which one it was or what it meant to us.
Archive 2007-04-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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The in-service support portion of the deal will be the subject of further discussions check the "oink" at the end of the post, said one source familiar with the agreement.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Hood was not sure their pet name "oink" would work for the new technology.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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