"pigsit" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pigsits [present, singular, third-person], pigsitting [participle, present], pigsat [participle, past], pigsat [past]
Etymology: From pig + sit. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pig|sit}} pig + sit Head templates: {{en-verb|pigsits|pigsitting|pigsat}} pigsit (third-person singular simple present pigsits, present participle pigsitting, simple past and past participle pigsat)
  1. To babysit (take care of) a guinea pig.
    Sense id: en-pigsit-en-verb-uyTyAgqp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. To babysit (take care of) a pig.
    Sense id: en-pigsit-en-verb-vyWDxx9t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pigsitter

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pigsit meaning in English (1.7kB)

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