oink

oink
1. interjection /ɔɪŋk/
a) Representing the sound made by a pig.

Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.

b) Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).

"The tub is too small!" "Then, Ill go first and youll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

2. noun /ɔɪŋk/
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

The protesters replied to the police officers demands with a chorus of oinks.

3. verb /ɔɪŋk/
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.


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