English Explanatory Dictionary

pork

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The meat of a pig.
  2. Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
  3. law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution
verb
  1. To have sex with (someone).
noun
  1. A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.

Pronunciation

/pɔːk/ /poɹk/ /po(ː)ɹk/ /poək/ en-us-pork.ogg En-uk-pork.ogg

Word forms

pork porks porking porked

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 From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel.

Synonyms

pigflesh pigmeat swineflesh swinemeat the other white meat bacon pig swine 5-O Babylon Big Blue Machine Bill boydem constabulary dibble donut patrol ducks and geese ecilop esclop feds filth five-o fuzz garda gardai gendarmerie heat law maaveh monarch Old Bill piglice plod po-po police police department police force police service polis thin blue line any plural synonym of police officer Formal terms bed coit coitize dight enjoy feague go in unto go to bed with have know lie by lie with love mount occupy penetrate season seduce

Related words

porcine bacon ham pig porcupine swine

Derived words

antipork barbecued pork barbecue pork belly pork bork cut of pork Dongpo pork double-cooked pork flossy pork Huizeng pork I don't eat pork jellied pork long pork lychee pork minced pork minced pork rice moo shi pork mu shu pork mu xu pork National Pork Board nonpork organic pork partially defatted pork fatty tissue Peking pork pickled pork piece of pork pig upon pork porkalicious pork and beans pork bacon pork ball pork-barrel pork barrel pork barrelling pork-barrelling pork-based pork belly pork blood pork blood soup pork bouillon porkburger porkbuster pork butcher pork butt pork-cat syndrome pork cheek pork cheese pork chop pork chop island pork consumption pork-containing pork crackling pork cutlet pork cycle pork dripping pork ear pork-eater pork-eating porker porkery
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