adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or characteristic of pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
porky
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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UK: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ki
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CMU ARPABET: P AO1 R K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Rather fat; chubby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 3
singulative of pork (“law enforcement”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, form-of, singulative, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
A lie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: porker, porky pie
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, in-plural, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A porcupine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, informal
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History
Etymology
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.
Clipping of pork pie.
Clipping of porcupine.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дебел (debel) — rather fat
- Finnish: tanakka — rather fat
- Finnish: pullea — rather fat
- Finnish: pulska — rather fat
- Greek: παχύς (pachýs) — rather fat
- Greek: χοντρός (chontrós) — rather fat
- Norwegian Bokmål: småfet — rather fat
- Norwegian Bokmål: trivelig — rather fat
- Norwegian Bokmål: stutttjukk — rather fat
- Polish: grubawy — rather fat
- Russian: откормленный (otkormlennyj) — rather fat
- Swedish: fläskig — rather fat
- Swedish: knubbig — rather fat
- Swedish: rundnätt — rather fat
- Swedish: småfet — rather fat
Real reading context