Used in a Sentence

porky

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for porky.

Editorial note

And they sent a wonderful cel of Porky Pig from A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court!

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of porky gathered in one view.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

noun

(Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.

noun

(informal, childish) A porcupine.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for porky.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

noun

(Cockney rhyming slang) A lie.

noun

(informal, childish) A porcupine.

adjective

(slang) Rather fat; chubby.

Example sentences

1

And they sent a wonderful cel of Porky Pig from A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court!

2

Finally Daffy Duck and Porky Pig venture into space in Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, which satirizes incompetence and self-generating conflict.

3

Now Porky Pig gets greedy and raises the price of ham to $60.

4

Claude won't render fanfic of Porky Pig sodomizing Elmer Fudd either.

5

I’m no Tom Haviland (I can only dream) but I’m not some porky bastard either.

6

Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh or as Porky Pig.

7

When it first came out, I thought it was a little porky.

8

> Now Porky Pig gets greedy and raises the price of ham to $60.

9

> Claude won't render fanfic of Porky Pig sodomizing Elmer Fudd either.

10

Modern web browsers have more efficient javascript engines and do things like unloading background tabs to deal with people opening hundreds of tabs of porky websites that could otherwise take down even desktop computers.

11

> and do things like unloading background tabs to deal with people opening hundreds of tabs of porky websites that could otherwise take down even desktop computers.

Quote examples

1

Muttering "porky pies" at the end of the interview as it is claimed that this fraud has never actually been used.

2

And I would assert that ~3250lb is rather porky for a compact ICE car, even though thats "normal" these days.

3

But cute Mickey and cute p-p-p-Porky differed from their originals for the same reason as the “Garfield is a lasagna” joke stopped making visual sense.

4

I swear some people see "government" and just assume everything is a big porky wasteful spending bill implemented by clueless populists.

Proper noun examples

1

Truth be told, you loved Porky's Revenge, but you'd prefer that your five-star rating stay between you and Netflix.

2

No teenager needs Animal House or Porky's in their lives.

3

It was on TV ( Happy Days and Sha Na Na ), the movies ( American Graffiti, Porky's ) and a bunch of retro musical acts (The Stray Cats) or retro projects by established artists returning to the music they grew up with (Robert Plant's The Honeydrippers).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use porky in a sentence?

And they sent a wonderful cel of Porky Pig from A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court!

What does porky mean?

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

What part of speech is porky?

porky is commonly used as adjective, noun.