Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pork up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
pork up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grow fat.

Slang

verb

To increase the weight of (one or more pigs).

Transitive verb

verb

To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

porks up (present, singular) porking up (participle, present) porked up (participle, past) porked up (past)

Questions

What does pork up mean?
To grow fat.

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