pork
/poɹk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
American usage; Countable; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable
noun
A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.
Example Sentences
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /poɹk/
- British English: /pɔːk/
Usage
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Countable
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Transitive verb
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
barbecued pork
barbecue pork
belly pork
cut of pork
Dongpo pork
double-cooked pork
flossy pork
Huizeng pork