"porker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɔɹkɚ/ [US] Audio: En-au-porker.ogg [Australia] Forms: porkers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ) Etymology: From pork + -er. * (obese person; police officer): Carried over from the same senses of pig. * (a lie): Extension of the rhyming slang pork pie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pork|er}} pork + -er, {{sense|obese person; police officer}} (obese person; police officer):, {{m|en|pig}} pig, {{sense|a lie}} (a lie):, {{m|en|pork pie}} pork pie Head templates: {{en-noun}} porker (plural porkers)
  1. A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. Categories (topical): Obesity Categories (lifeform): Pigs Translations (pig raised for slaughter): bekon [masculine] (Polish), bekoniak [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-porker-en-noun-FbB1~eTK Disambiguation of Obesity: 29 26 19 26 Disambiguation of Pigs: 38 3 28 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 29 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 4 33 33 Disambiguation of 'pig raised for slaughter': 88 4 2 7
  2. (slang, derogatory) An obese person. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-porker-en-noun-TmMKiT07 Disambiguation of Obesity: 29 26 19 26
  3. (British, Cockney rhyming slang) A lie. Tags: British, Cockney, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-porker-en-noun-WDwEQfJM Disambiguation of Obesity: 29 26 19 26 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 29 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 4 33 33
  4. (US, slang, derogatory) A police officer. Tags: US, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-porker-en-noun-AV3sVPGj Disambiguation of Obesity: 29 26 19 26 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 29 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 4 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 25 3 32 41

Inflected forms

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