porky
/ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or characteristic of pork.
Example Sentences
- "It was tender and delicious, with a kind of porky taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats."
- "In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a porky roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls."
- "When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright porkies."
- "Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little porkies on him before."
- "The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all."
- "Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a porky elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines."
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 English -y English porky From pork + -y.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpɔː(ɹ).ki/