pork
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos
Proto-Italic *porkos
Latin porcus
Old French porcbor.
Middle English pork
English pork
From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”).
Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken.
Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century.
US politics sense is related to pork barrel.
Inflected forms:
form: porks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: porks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: porking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: porked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: porked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The meat of a pig.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
gloss: Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
gloss: law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
collective
countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: To have sex with (someone).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
usually
vulgar
examples: Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!
You know, I can't remember just how I discovered doorknobs, but as a teenager I used to pork myself on a particular one — a nice, smooth round one — from time to time.
Related words: porcine
bacon
ham
pig
porcupine
swine
Derived words: antipork
barbecued pork
barbecue pork
belly pork
bork
cut of pork
Dongpo pork
double-cooked pork
flossy pork
Huizeng pork
I don't eat pork
jellied pork
long pork
lychee pork
minced pork
minced pork rice
moo shi pork
mu shu pork
mu xu pork
National Pork Board
nonpork
organic pork
partially defatted pork fatty tissue
Peking pork
pickled pork
piece of pork
pig upon pork
porkalicious
pork and beans
pork bacon
pork ball
pork-barrel
pork barrel
pork barrelling
pork-barrelling
pork-based
pork belly
pork blood
pork blood soup
pork bouillon
porkburger
porkbuster
pork butcher
pork butt
pork-cat syndrome
pork cheek
pork cheese
pork chop
pork chop island
pork consumption
pork-containing
pork crackling
pork cutlet
pork cycle
pork dripping
pork ear
pork-eater
pork-eating
porker
porkery
pork escalope
pork fat
porkfest
pork fillet
porkfish
pork floss
pork goulash
pork hedgehog
pork hock
porking
pork insulin
porkish
pork jelly
pork jowl
pork kebab
pork kidney
pork-knocker
pork knocker
pork knuckle
porkless
porklet
porklike
porkling
pork liver
pork loin
pork mami
porkman
pork meat
pork meatball
porkmeister
pork neck
Porkopolis
pork out
pork pie
pork pie hat
pork producer
pork rib
pork ribs
pork rind
pork roast
pork roll
pork schnitzel
pork scratching
pork scratchings
pork shot
pork shots
pork shoulder
pork slab
Pork Soda
pork steak
pork store
pork strips
pork sung
pork sword
pork tapeworm
pork tenderloin
pork tenderloin sandwich
Pork Tornado
Porkulus
pork up
pork Wellington
porkwood
porky
Porky Pig
pork–cat syndrome
pulled pork
red braised pork belly
roast pork
salt pork
Scottish pork taboo
sea pork
sliced pork
smoked pork
spring of pork
steam minced pork
sweet and sour pork
twice-cooked pork
yuxiang shredded pork
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