Oink

Quick meaning: Oink is an interjection meaning Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.

Meaning

Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.

More Meanings

1. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
2. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
3. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

Example Sentences

The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

"The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

You are such a male chauvinist oink, oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.

Word Forms

• oinks
• oinking
• oinked

Synonyms for oink

Depending on context, synonyms include grunt, squeal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squeal, grunt, oohing, boink, dook, bloop.

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