Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A young pig.
Wiktionary
- n. A young pig; pigling.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a young pig
Etymologies
- pig + -let diminutive suffix. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This little sea piglet is one of 15 animals Web Ecoist chose as the top strangest animals.”
“September 28th, 2009 10: 55 pm ET the piglet is so cute!!! history in the making on 360??? never! awesomeness!”
“It approaches - and nothing can stop it ... piglet is ...”
It approaches - and nothing can stop it...piglet is ... ASTUTE
“Note that you are already devolving into ad hom with "piglet”
“(AP) - A conservative think tank has rolled out a "piglet" book that outlines what the group calls wasteful spending at all levels of Nevada government along with a call for greater transparency in public finances.”
“I use bought and home made worm farms in the back garden here in Perth’s northern suburbs to take care of everything putrescible from our kitchen, and my wife Janny is a rare lass who prepares the greater proportion of everything from basics having now identified myself as a male chauvinistic piglet, meaning we generate a lot of compostibles, from peelings to leftovers and everything in between.”
“Radu Sigheti/Reuters A Roma woman brought a roasted piglet to the table during a gathering of the ethnic Roma minority in Costesti.”
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“The fact that this miraculous profit generation was not even questioned by * anybody* among the so-called expert crowds is proof that whatever rationality there has been in economic theory has given way to Voodoo superstition. piglet Says:”
“Finance facilitates the rest of the modern economy. piglet Says:”
“The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission recommended a new federal tax on all transit tickets, similar to the tax imposed on plane tickets, to help supplement revenues from the gas tax and sales taxes. piglet Says:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘piglet’.
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Letterrorists
A bunch of -let words, emphasis on the diminutive. Feel free to neologize.
booklet, flatlet, haslet, nutlet, platelet, streamlet, varlet, aglet, gablet, leaflet, piglet, ringlet and 504 more...
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Everything's better with a pig in it
So get your keech spread and let's grill.
trudgepig, humblepig, pigsney, piggy pox, pigment, hedgepiglet, higgledy piggledy, piggley winks, athlete's pig foot, pigmy, pigeon, piggy bank and 69 more...
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A taste for small things
Diminutives
screamlet, pip, purrlet, mannikin, nipperkin, munchkin, dodkin, elfkin, bootikin, dudeen, boreen, jackeen and 40 more...
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Nicknames you shouldn't give to an ax...
primrose, snookums, lavender, piglet, rainbow sunshine, kitten, fuzzy, sweetie, wiggles, care bear, love-a-lot, cheery and 87 more...
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Animals (besides pottos)
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robin, wagtail, frog, bunny, pronk, rabbit, fur, badger, mouse, bee, crepuscular, purr and 140 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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Oh, Puck
Thou speak'st aright;
I am that merry wanderer of the night.
I jest to Oberon and make him smile....
-- A Midsummer Night's Dream
Famous sidekicks, real and imaginary...woodstock, robin, ron weasley, ed mcmahon, sancho panza, puck, doctor watson, pokey, rocket j. squirrel, natasha fatale, archie goodwin, baba looey and 93 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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The O.U.P. Junior Dictionary Death Row
Another news story about words being removed from a dictionary before their time. See also the list of words added to the dictionary.
carol, cracker, holly, ivy, mistletoe, dwarf, elf, goblin, abbey, aisle, altar, bishop and 137 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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Speech Bubble
Words from Cartoons, Comics, and Kid Stuffs
zim, squee, irken, squeedily spooch, dib, gir, gaz, dinosaucers, mxyzptlk, wuzzle, snuffleupagus, duckman and 124 more...
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Pigs on Parade
pig-words: including, but not limited to, famous pigs in film and fiction, historical pigs of note, pig breeds, and assorted porcine terms
babe, the empress of bl..., freddy the pig, piglet, miss piggy, old major, snowball, napoleon, squealer, wilbur, porky pig, petunia pig and 89 more...
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Are we there yet?
These have some growing up to do.
colt, foal, kitten, cub, pup, heifer, larva, imago, veliger, trochophore, grub, maggot and 178 more...
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Words that are fun to say
stipple, carbuncle, dongle, exemplar, misbegotten, gigolo, salubrious, jupiter, propinquity, piglet, tobogganing, supercilious and 309 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for piglet.
sionnach recurring character in a nauseating children's book involving, among other beasts, a bear. Jan 26, 2008