porky
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porky¹
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ki
Where it comes from
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.
adjective porkier · porkiest
- Resembling or characteristic of pork. It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.
- Rather fat; chubby. In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.
noun porkies
- singulative of pork (“law enforcement”)pork
porky²
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ki
Where it comes from
Clipping of pork pie.
noun porkies
- A lie. When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies.
- An eye. Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before.
porky³
- /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ki
Where it comes from
Clipping of porcupine.
noun porkies
- A porcupine. The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all.
