Oink
/ɔɪŋk/ intj, noun, verb
intj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.""
Etymology
Imitative of the sound.