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swine

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Editorial note

The list is now pretty long: Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Mad Cow disease, Ebola.

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Quick take

(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".

noun

(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for swine.

noun

(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".

noun

(slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.

Example sentences

1

The list is now pretty long: Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Mad Cow disease, Ebola.

2

The main seasonal flu strains are H3N2 and H1N1, a 'swine flu' actually hits us every single year.

3

Right now the makers of Purell and other instant hand sanitizers are having banner years due to swine flu.

4

The ninth contains nothing but well-fattened swine, In the tenth: bags and boxes, now isn't that fine?

5

Assume your chance to contract swine flu is in the upper bound stated in the article, 35%.

6

When questions arose, they blocked CBS's requests for samples of the swine flu cases and added obstacles to getting information.

7

It'd be pearls before swine (if all the comments are terrible, then the people who bother reading the comments are likely also terrible).

8

I just say that mentioning audiophiles and swine flu vaccine in same article makes me uneasy.

9

They don't tend to infect swine, and are best considered human flus.

10

That's how a nerd decides not to get the swine flu vaccine.

11

Last week at triage I cared for 10-15 that I suspected had swine flu.

12

Although it's probably been overtaken now by swine flu.

Quote examples

1

I agree, except the seasonal "H1N1" flus are not "swine" flus per se.

2

(note: guess why it is called "swine flu").

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use swine in a sentence?

The list is now pretty long: Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Mad Cow disease, Ebola.

What does swine mean?

(slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".

What part of speech is swine?

swine is commonly used as noun.