piggy
piggy Lexical Profile
piggy Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A child's or affectionate term for a small or young domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), an omnivorous hoofed mammal of the family Suidae.
"The toddler pointed excitedly at the pink piggy rolling in the mud at the petting zoo."
A child's word for a toe, originating from the traditional nursery rhyme 'This Little Piggy'.
"She tickled each little piggy on the baby's foot while reciting the nursery rhyme."
• adjective
Resembling a pig, especially in having small, deep-set eyes or a plump, upturned nose.
"The caricature exaggerated the politician's features with a round face and small, piggy eyes."
Greedy, gluttonous, or dirty in manner or behavior (informal).
"It seemed rather piggy to take the last three slices of cake before anyone else had been served."
• Rhymes for piggy
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 18th century as a diminutive and adjectival derivative of 'pig' (Middle English 'pigge', originally denoting a young pig) combined with the suffix '-y'.