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Porky

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of pork.

    "It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats."

  2. 2
    Rather fat; chubby. slang

    "In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls."

Noun
  1. 1
    singulative of pork (“law enforcement”) Multicultural-London-English, form-of, singulative, slang
  2. 2
    A lie. Cockney, slang

    "When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies."

  3. 3
    A porcupine. childish, informal

    "The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all."

  4. 4
    An eye. Cockney, in-plural, slang

    "Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pork + -y.

Etymology 2

From pork + -y.

Etymology 3

Clipping of pork pie.

Etymology 4

Clipping of porcupine.

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