intj
Meaning 1
Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oink
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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intj
Meaning 2
Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grunt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noise
verb
Meaning 6
utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose
History
Etymology
Imitative of the sound.
Across languages
Translations
106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: խո (xo) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Armenian: խո-խո (xo-xo) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Central Bikol: ugik — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Bulgarian: грух (gruh) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Catalan: oic — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Catalan: oinc — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Chinese Mandarin: 哼哼 — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Czech: chro — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Danish: øf — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Dutch: knor — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Finnish: röh — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Finnish: nöf — Representing the sound made by a pig
- French: groin — Representing the sound made by a pig
- French: gruik — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Galician: oinc — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Georgian: ღრუტ (ɣruṭ) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- German: grunz — Representing the sound made by a pig
- German: öff — Representing the sound made by a pig
- German: oink — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Ancient Greek: γρῦ (grû) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Hungarian: röf — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Indonesian: ngok — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Indonesian: ngok ngok — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Japanese: ブー (bū) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Japanese: ブーブー (būbū) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Japanese: ブヒブヒ (buhibuhi) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Macedonian: гро-гро (gro-gro) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Norwegian: nøff — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Polish: chrum — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Portuguese: oinc — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Romanian: groh — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Russian: хрю (xrju) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Russian: хрю-хрю (xrju-xrju) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Scottish Gaelic: gnosd — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: грок — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: grok — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Spanish: oinc — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Spanish: oenc — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Swedish: nöff — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Thai: อู๊ด (úut) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Ukrainian: рох (rox) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Vietnamese: ủn ỉn — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Vietnamese: ụt ịt — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Welsh: soch — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Yiddish: כרו־כרו (khrú-khrú) — Representing the sound made by a pig
- Central Bikol: ugik — sound made by a pig
- Bulgarian: грухтене (gruhtene) — sound made by a pig
- Catalan: grunyit — sound made by a pig
- Catalan: gardeny — sound made by a pig
- Czech: chrochtání — sound made by a pig
- Central Dusun: aak — sound made by a pig
- Dutch: gegrom — sound made by a pig
- Esperanto: bleko — sound made by a pig
- Finnish: röhkäisy — sound made by a pig
- French: grognement — sound made by a pig
- Galician: gruñido — sound made by a pig
- German: Grunzen — sound made by a pig
- Hungarian: röfögés — sound made by a pig
- Interlingua: grunnimento — sound made by a pig
- Khiamniungan Naga: yūoh — sound made by a pig
- Norwegian: grynt — sound made by a pig
- Polish: chrumknięcie — sound made by a pig
- Portuguese: grunhido — sound made by a pig
- Russian: хрю́канье (xrjúkanʹje) — sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: гроктање — sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: гроктај — sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: groktanje — sound made by a pig
- Serbo-Croatian: groktaj — sound made by a pig
- Spanish: cuillo — sound made by a pig
- Swedish: grymtning — sound made by a pig
- Yiddish: כרוק (khruk) — sound made by a pig
- Yiddish: גרונץ (grunts) — sound made by a pig
- Bulgarian: грухтя (gruhtja) — to oink
- Catalan: grunyir — to oink
- Catalan: gardenyar — to oink
- Czech: chrochtat — to oink
- Czech: zachrochtat — to oink
- Dutch: knorren — to oink
- Esperanto: bleki — to oink
- Finnish: röhkiä — to oink
- French: grogner — to oink
- Galician: cuincar — to oink
- Galician: cuiñar — to oink
- Galician: gruñir — to oink
- German: grunzen — to oink
- Hungarian: röfög — to oink
- Ido: bramar — to oink
- Interlingua: grunnir — to oink
- Norwegian: grynte — to oink
- Polish: chrumkać — to oink
- Polish: chrumknąć — to oink
- Polish: kwiczeć — to oink
- Polish: kwiknąć — to oink
- Portuguese: grunhir — to oink
- Russian: хрю́кать (xrjúkatʹ) — to oink
- Serbo-Croatian: гроктати — to oink
- Serbo-Croatian: groktati — to oink
- Spanish: gruñir — to oink
- Spanish: hacer oinc — to oink
- Spanish: decir oenc — to oink
- Spanish: cuillar — to oink
- Spanish: guarrear — to oink
- Swedish: grymta — to oink
- Swedish: nöffa — to oink
- Vietnamese: ủn ỉn — to oink
- Yiddish: כרוקען (khruken) — to oink