pig-out

[ pig-out ]

noun

, Slang.

1. an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.

pig out

verb

1. slang.
   intr, adverb to gorge oneself

Word History and Origins

Origin of pig-out¹

First recorded in 1975–80; noun use of verb phrase pig out

Idioms and Phrases

Eat ravenously, gorge oneself, as in The kids pigged out on the candy they had collected on Halloween . [ Slang ; early 1970s]

Example Sentences

Or just maybe the occasional pig-out does soothe the soul and make for a happier, healthier individual.

From The Daily Beast

Bella can pig out whenever there's a carton of Ben Jerry's in the freezer.

From The Daily Beast

Greta, with one eye on her governess, was stealthily cutting a pig out of orange peel.

From Project Gutenberg

And Grace has got up at four o'clock every morning for a week and stayed up till midnight, trying to get that pig out of sight.

From Project Gutenberg

Both go out, and begin to get the real pig out, and between the two they pull it out very well.

From Project Gutenberg

An old man, with the stump of a clay pipe in his lips, was turning his pig out to grass as I approached.

From Project Gutenberg

A fello what does that is makin a pig out of hisself I think.

From Project Gutenberg