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
- (MLE, slang) singulative of pork (“law enforcement”)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, in the plural) An eye.
- (informal, childish) A porcupine.
- (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
- porkier
- porkiest
- porkies
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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