porkish

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porkish

  • /ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)kɪʃ

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From pork + -ish.

adjective more porkish · most porkish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
  2. colloquial Plump.

    Similar: chubby, chunky, podgy, tubby

  3. informal Selfish.

    Similar: egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike

  4. US, informal Relating to pork barrel funding. Congressional leaders are frank about using their clout for porkish purposes, and DeLay is no exception.

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@misc{porkish_2026,
  title = {porkish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/porkish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}