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porky.

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/UK

  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.

  2. Rather fat; chubby.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork English -y English porky From pork + -y.

noun/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/UK

  1. A lie.

    Cockney · slang

  2. An eye.

    Cockney · in-plural · slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of pork pie.

noun/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/UK

  1. A porcupine.

    childish · informal
Where this word comes from

Clipping of porcupine.

noun/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/UK

  1. singulative of pork (“law enforcement”)

    Multicultural-London-English · form-of · singulative · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork English -y English porky From pork + -y.

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