ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Porky

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Porky is an adjective meaning Resembling or characteristic of pork.

Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

More Meanings

  1. (MLE, slang) singulative of pork (“law enforcement”)
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang, in the plural) An eye.
  4. (informal, childish) A porcupine.
  5. (slang) Rather fat; chubby.

Example Sentences

Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before.
It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.
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.
He snarled, and the porky looked to be running away but swung his tail and put about twenty-five quills in the side of our dog’s face.

Word Forms

Synonyms for porky

Depending on context, synonyms include chubby, chunky, porker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include porkish, porklike, piglike, porkalicious, sowlike, baconlike.

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