Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 24 compound words that contain pigs. The most common are listed below. Open pigs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- guinea pigsplural of guinea pig: Any tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, which have short ears and superficially resemble large hamsters.
- Bay of PigsA bay in Southern Cuba, the site of a famous failed CIA invasion in 1961.
- when pigs flyNever.
- pigs might flyA response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring.
- Bayou of PigsA military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to …
- blind pigsplural of blind pig: A blind tiger or speakeasy.
- hell pigsplural of hell pig: Any extinct pig-like mammal of the family †Entelodontidae; an entelodont.
- long pigsplural of long pig: Human flesh used by cannibals as meat.
- sea pigsplural of sea pig: Any deep-sea sea cucumber in the genus Scotoplanes.
- wild pigsplural of wild pig: A wild swine native to Eurasia and North Africa (Sus scrofa), now widely distributed elsewhere and ancestor of most domestic pig breeds.
- skinny pigsplural of skinny pig: An almost hairless strain of guinea pig.
- Creole pigsplural of Creole pig: A pig of a landrace indigenous to Haiti, extinct since being exterminated in the 1980s to limit the spread of swine fever.
- pigs can flyAlternative form of pigs might fly: A response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring.
- pigs in blanketsplural of pig in a blanket: A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.
- pigs and bullsSynonym of bulls and cows (“codebreaking game”).
- bearded pigsplural of bearded pig: A Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus), native to Sumatra, Borneo, and the Malay Peninsula.
- pigs in a blanketa dish of ground pork and/or beef cooked in cabbages
- pigs' trottersplural of pig's trotter: The foot of a pig cooked as food.
- pot-bellied pigsplural of pot-bellied pig: A small Vietnamese domesticated pig, sometimes kept as a pet.
- pigs may flyAlternative form of pigs might fly: A response (often with a hint of sarcasm) to a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring.
- pigs in the parlourAn allegory for a backward rural society.
- bush pigsplural of bush pig: An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.
- deer-pigsplural of deer-pig: Any mammal in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
- dish pigsplural of dish pig: A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.
- dying pigsplural of dying pig: A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.
Compound words 24
- bushpigsplural of bushpig: An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.
- earthpigsplural of earthpig: The aardvark.
- Enviropigsplural of Enviropig: A genetically modified Yorkshire pig that produces phytase in its salivary glands and can thus digest plant phosphorus more efficiently than ordinary pigs, allowing for cheaper feeding and reduced phosphorus pollution.
- guineapigsplural of guineapig: Any tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, which have short ears and superficially resemble large hamsters.
- hedgepigsplural of hedgepig: A hedgehog.
- housepigsplural of housepig: A pet pig that is usually kept indoors in one's home.
- micropigsplural of micropig: A miniature breed of pig.
- minipigsplural of minipig: A small pig of a breed used in biological research
- nonpigsplural of nonpig: That which is not a pig.
- paypigsplural of paypig: The submissive participant in financial domination, who provides another person with money.