pork

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UK /pɔːk/ US /poɹk/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

fresh | roast, smoked | organic

QUANT

bit, piece, slice

belly, knuckle, leg, loin, shoulder

My mother slow-cooked the pork shoulder for hours until it was tender enough to shred.

PORK + NOUN

chop, pie, sausage | butcher

PHRASES

pork and apple sauce, sweet and sour pork

Definitions

noun

The meat of a pig.

The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.

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.

law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution

verb

To have sex with (someone).

Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!

You know, I can't remember just how I discovered doorknobs, but as a teenager I used to pork myself on a particular one — a nice, smooth round one — from time to time.

noun

A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — meat from a domestic hog or pig

porc

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

long pork

Human flesh.

[…] the doctor still seemed to share the sort of creepiness I felt at the sight of a live nigger who had actually eaten long pork.

I don't eat pork

Indicates that the speaker does not eat pork.

pork up

To grow fat.

Example Bank

The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.

Wiktionary

Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!

Wiktionary

You know, I can't remember just how I discovered doorknobs, but as a teenager I used to pork myself on a particular one — a nice, smooth round one — from time to time.

Wiktionary

The GOP accused the Democrats of pork barrel politics.

Tatoeba · #19250

That's why ostrich meat costs more than twice as much as beef and pork.

Tatoeba · #41426

This pork is a bit off.

Tatoeba · #57568

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, pork is marked as derogatory, slang, vulgar, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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