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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The characteristic grunting noise of a hog.

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  • 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

[Imitative.]

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Imitative of the sound.

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