oink

Etymology

Imitative of the sound.

intj

  1. Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
  2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
    Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig. 1982, Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny
    "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!" 2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America
    You are such a male chauvinist oink, oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane. 2005, Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion

noun

  1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
    The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

verb

  1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
    The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

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