pigroot
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An area of soil where pigs have turned up the ground with their snouts looking for worms, insects, and plant roots to eat.
noun
Any plant of the genus Sisyrinchium.
noun
An instance of pigrooting
Example Sentences
- "Howie showed his objection to the early hour with a few pigroots—he impressed the television people but merely caused the sure-seated Maddie to laugh."
- "The great beast went round and round the yard pig-rooting and crow-hopping and I hung on for dear life."
- "Eventually we saddled the team; then Slippery, with a snort, started pig-rooting and bolted amongst the trees, with the trackers hanging on to him."
- "I put my hand over the saddle and grabbed the monkey or jug handle (a strap fitted to the offside top of the saddle and used to help you get mounted fast — if the horse pigroots you can hold on to this to stop yourself coming off) and slowly started to pull myself aboard."