pig-out

[ pig-out ]

/ ˈpɪgˌaʊt /

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noun Slang.

an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.

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Origin of pig-out

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

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How to use pig-out in a sentence

Or just maybe the occasional pig-out does soothe the soul and make for a happier, healthier individual.
CDC Researchers Find Lower Mortality Rates Among Overweight People|Kent Sepkowitz|January 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bella can pig out whenever there's a carton of Ben Jerry's in the freezer.
Battle of the Twilight Heartthrobs|The Daily Beast|June 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Greta, with one eye on her governess, was stealthily cutting a pig out of orange peel.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy
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.
Green Valley|Katharine Reynolds

Both go out, and begin to get the real pig out, and between the two they pull it out very well.
Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster
An old man, with the stump of a clay pipe in his lips, was turning his pig out to grass as I approached.
Kilgorman|Talbot Baines Reed
A fello what does that is makin a pig out of hisself I think.
"That's me all over, Mable"|Edward Streeter

British Dictionary definitions for pig-out

pig out

verb

(intr, adverb) slang to gorge oneself

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