Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pig
Participle: pigged
Gerund: pigging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pig |
| you | pig |
| he;she;it | pigs |
| we | pig |
| you | pig |
| they | pig |
Perfect
| I | have pigged |
| you | have pigged |
| he;she;it | has pigged |
| we | have pigged |
| you | have pigged |
| they | have pigged |
Past
| I | pigged |
| you | pigged |
| he;she;it | pigged |
| we | pigged |
| you | pigged |
| they | pigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had pigged |
| you | had pigged |
| he;she;it | had pigged |
| we | had pigged |
| you | had pigged |
| they | had pigged |
Future
| I | will pig |
| you | will pig |
| he;she;it | will pig |
| we | will pig |
| you | will pig |
| they | will pig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pigged |
| you | will have pigged |
| he;she;it | will have pigged |
| we | will have pigged |
| you | will have pigged |
| they | will have pigged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pig |
| you | pig |
| he;she;it | pig |
| we | pig |
| you | pig |
| they | pig |
Perfect
| I | have pigged |
| you | have pigged |
| he;she;it | have pigged |
| we | have pigged |
| you | have pigged |
| they | have pigged |
Imperfect
| I | pigged |
| you | pigged |
| he;she;it | pigged |
| we | pigged |
| you | pigged |
| they | pigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had pigged |
| you | had pigged |
| he;she;it | had pigged |
| we | had pigged |
| you | had pigged |
| they | had pigged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pig |
| you | would pig |
| he;she;it | would pig |
| we | would pig |
| you | would pig |
| they | would pig |
Perfect
| I | would have pigged |
| you | would have pigged |
| he;she;it | would have pigged |
| we | would have pigged |
| you | would have pigged |
| they | would have pigged |
Imperative
| you | pig |
| we | Let's pig |
| you | pig |
Verbs conjugated like 'pig'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pig'
big,
dig,
fig,
gig,
ig,
jig,
lig,
nig,
peg,
pi,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English pigge (“pig, piglet”) (originally a term for a young pig, with adult pigs being swyn (“swine”)), from Old English *picga, *pycga (attested in picgbrēad (“mast, pig-fodder”)), perhaps a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *puk, *pūk (“pig”), which also gave rise to Middle Low German pûke, puyke (“pig, piglet”). Pokorny suggests this root might be somehow related to *bū-, *bew- (“to blow; swell”), which could account for the alternation between "pig" and "big".
2. Compare Middle Dutch pogge, puggen, pigge, pegsken (> dialectal Dutch pogge (“piglet”)), Middle Low German pugge (> Westphalian German Low German Pogge, Pugge, Püggsken (“pig, piglet”)).
3. A connection to early modern Dutch bigge (modern Dutch big (“piglet”)), West Frisian bigge (“piglet”), German Low German Bigge, Bigg (“piglet”), and Saterland Frisian Bikkie (“piggy”) is sometimes proposed, "but the phonology is difficult". Some sources say the words are "almost certainly not" related, others consider a relation "probable, but not certain".
4. The slang sense of "police officer" is attested since at least 1785. See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Bikkie'.
Sample Sentences
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The black sow pigged at seven this morning.
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They were pigging on the free food at the bar.
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"Wow, Doc. That's heavy." Denis sat there pigging on the joint as usual. [2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 349:]