boar-pig

  • 31boar — noun Etymology: Middle English bor, from Old English bār; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon bēr boar Date: before 12th century 1. a. an uncastrated male swine b. the male of any of several mammals (as a guinea pig or raccoon) …

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  • 32pig sticker — /ˈpɪg stɪkə/ (say pig stikuh) noun 1. someone who hunts wild boar. 2. a longish sheath knife. 3. Also, pig stabber. a thin, sharp attachment to a penknife. 4. Military Colloquial a bayonet. Also, pigsticker …

  • 33pig-sticking — noun the sport of hunting wild boar with a spear, carried out on horseback. Derivatives pig sticker noun …

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  • 34boar — noun (C) 1 a wild pig 2 a male pig …

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  • 35pig — noun 1) a herd of pigs Syn: hog, boar, sow, porker, swine, piglet; children s word piggy 2) informal he s such a pig, he ll eat us out of house and home Syn: glutton; informal hog, greedy guts …

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  • 36pig — n 1. hog, sow, boar, razorback; peccary, wart hog, babirusa; porker, grunter, oinker, tusker; swine, barrow; shoat, shote, piglet, pigling, piggy, suckling pig, hogling. 2. pork, pork chops, ham, bacon, pigs feet, pigs knuckles. 3.Informal.a.… …

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  • 37boar — [bɔː] noun [C] 1) a male pig 2) a wild pig …

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  • 38boar — /bɔ / (say baw) noun 1. an uncastrated male pig. 2. a wild male pig. {Middle English boor, Old English bār} …

  • 39boar — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. male hog, Sire, pig; see hog 1 …

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  • 40boar — bɔː n. wild hog or pig; uncastrated male swine …

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