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Oink

//ɔɪŋk// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
  2. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative of the sound.

Etymology 2

Imitative of the sound.

Etymology 3

Imitative of the sound.

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