(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
Used in a Sentence
pigs
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pigs.
Editorial note
They can prove their discoveries without putting others, who have not consented to be guinea pigs, at risk.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of pigs gathered in one view.
(economics, widely considered derogatory)
(genetics) Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for pigs.
noun
(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
noun
(economics, widely considered derogatory)
noun
(genetics) Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class S, a human gene.
noun
(during the European debt crisis) Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, four countries that were unable to refinance their government debt or to bail out over-indebted banks on their own.
Example sentences
They can prove their discoveries without putting others, who have not consented to be guinea pigs, at risk.
But the dancing pigs will be more amusing until the user understand the underlying concept of the warnings.
It's irritating enough that people have conditioned themselves to believe that farmers raise pork chops, not pigs.
I was just remembering this morning an old friend who regularly used the word 'pigs' to describe police, and how I found it ridiculous.
We raise our own vegetables, pigs, chickens (egg and meat), cook classic and experimental dishes together and enjoy all of it.
In other words, trying to turn millions of people into sexist pigs by ignoring how such communities function is in bad taste.
Without any reason, just as a fishing expedition for millions of dollars, she basically publicly labeled a bunch of men as sexist pigs.
The only saving grace of the EUR is that other places in the world have their own special problems but that's no consolation and only a pig (sorry pigs!) would think like that.
Pasture grazed cows eat grass, pigs can eat our food scraps, and chickens can be a great pest mitigant if allowed to graze fairly freely.
Why not make your argument about chickens or pigs?
And there are people who are being sexist pigs.
Hackers, we should not be the pigs in Animal Farm, bringing with our revolution the exact social structures we set out to destroy.
Quote examples
The first paragraph of the conclusion begins with: "“Given a choice between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time.” While amusing, this is unfair: users are never offered security, either on its own or as an alternative to anything else." User do get offer security in many ways: red web pages warning of an unsecure redirect, open lock icons on the address bar, etc.
In my eyes then and now, I wasn't trolling, I was throwing pearls to pigs; I posted a "wall of text" which I had indeed thought about quite a bit in a forum where 99% of all responses to anything ever posted is just "you're doing a great job, keep it up, it would be so great if everybody was aware that you're just so great".
Proper noun examples
There was a lot of friction when JFK came into office because, especially after the Bay of Pigs, he didn't let them get away with things.
> There was a lot of friction when JFK came into office because, especially after the Bay of Pigs, he didn't let them get away with things.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use pigs in a sentence?
They can prove their discoveries without putting others, who have not consented to be guinea pigs, at risk.
What does pigs mean?
(during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments.
What part of speech is pigs?
pigs is commonly used as noun.