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piggy

American  
[pig-ee] / ˈpɪg i /
Or piggie

noun

plural

piggies

  1. a small or young pig.

adjective

piggier, piggiest

  1. Informal. piggish.

  2. (of a sow) in an advanced state of pregnancy.

piggy British  
/ ˈpɪɡɪ /

noun

  1. a child's word for a pig, esp a piglet

    1. a children's game in which one player attempts to retrieve a ball thrown over him or her by at least two other players

    2. a situation in which a person or group is caught up in a disagreement between other people or groups

  3. a child's word for toe or, sometimes, finger

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adjective

  1. another word for piggish

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Other Word Forms

  • pigginess noun

Etymology

Origin of piggy

1790–1800; piggy ( def. 1 ) pig 1 + -y 2; piggy ( defs. 2, 3 ) pig 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

"Retail is being raided like a piggy bank and it's unacceptable."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

But Mara obviously internalized what he said: When we got home, she opened her piggy bank, which held her income from recent babysitting jobs, to see if she could scrape together the 50 bucks.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

“For the seeking of a piggy, there are many great lords in the forest, riding with frightening shouts. They would not be cruel to starving Gurgi—oh, no—they would feed him...”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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