What does "oink" mean?

The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

What is a synonym for "oink"?

Common synonyms include: grunt, grunt, grunt, snort, squeal, squeal.

//ɔɪŋk// intj, noun, verb

intj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
"The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks."
2
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs wordnet

Verb

1
Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound. intransitive
"The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough."
2
utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs wordnet

Intj

1
Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
2
Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
"Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig."

"The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow.""

Imitative of the sound.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.