Pigging
//ˈpɪɡɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
"The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve."
- 2 Alternative form of piggin. alt-of, alternative
"He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of pig form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Damned (used as a mild intensive).
"I can't get this pigging computer to work."
Example
More examples"I can't get this pigging computer to work."
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