Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pigging

/ˈpɪɡɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: pig-ging
IPA: /ˈpɪɡɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Damned (used as a mild intensive).

verb

present participle and gerund of pig

noun

The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.

noun

Alternative form of piggin.

Example Sentences

"I can't get this pigging computer to work."
"The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve."
"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."

Inflected Forms

piggings (plural)

Synonyms

blasted blooming confounded damned

Rhymes With

digging rigging running rigging standing rigging frigging gigging jigging swigging wigging rejigging

Questions

How do you pronounce pigging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪɡɪŋ/.
What does pigging mean?: Damned (used as a mild intensive).

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