porker

noun

pork·​er ˈpȯr-kər How to pronounce porker (audio)
1
: hog
especially : a young pig fattened for table use as fresh pork
2
: one resembling a fattened pig : fatty

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Their Claude version reportedly would follow a user prompt and hunt around the user’s various computer files and open screens like a truffle-searching porker to fulfil the query request. Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 The escape became a ruckus, involving about 20 people, including six Sebastopol police officers, a farmer, three businessmen and a gaggle of children who all got into the porker pursuit. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024 Hyundai Like most any EV, the Ioniq 5 N is quite the porker at about 2,205 kilograms (4,860 pounds). IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2024 Our testers saddled this 4548-pound porker through Hog Pen at Virginia International Raceway to the tune of 3:02.9 seconds. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for porker 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of porker was circa 1568

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“Porker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porker. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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porker

noun
pork·​er ˈpōr-kər How to pronounce porker (audio)
ˈpȯr-
: hog sense 1a
especially : a young pig fattened for use as fresh pork
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