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  • pig-out
    pig-out
    noun
    an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.
  • pig out
    pig out
    verb
    (intr, adverb) to gorge oneself
Synonyms

pig-out

American  
[pig-out] / ˈpɪgˌaʊt /

noun

Slang.

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

pig out British  

verb

  1. slang (intr, adverb) to gorge oneself

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pig out Idioms  

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

Etymology

Origin of pig-out

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

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