EGAVE

oink

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. interjection Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
  2. interjection Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
  3. noun The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
    The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
  4. verb Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
    The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

Similar words

squeal grunt oohing boink dook bloop pig's whisper animal sound gruntling bing

Often followed by

oink and or was there here

Word family

oinked oinking oinks

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