oink
Collocations
4ADJ.
chauvinist, male, shut
VERB + OINK
eye, goes, wait
OINK + NOUN
duck
PREP.
down, in
Definitions
intj
Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
"The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"
noun
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
verb
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
Wiktionary"The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"
WiktionaryYou are such a male chauvinist oink, oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.
WiktionaryThe protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
WiktionaryThe hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
WiktionaryThe cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
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