"porky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɔː(ɹ).ki/ [UK] Audio: En-au-porky.ogg Forms: porkier [comparative], porkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki Etymology: From pork + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pork|y}} pork + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} porky (comparative porkier, superlative porkiest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
    Sense id: en-porky-en-adj-5MsLiOBl
  2. (slang) Rather fat; chubby. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Obesity Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs, Phiomorphs Synonyms (rather fat): chubby, chunky, tubby Translations (rather fat): дебел (debel) (Bulgarian), tanakka (Finnish), pullea (Finnish), pulska (Finnish), παχύς (pachýs) (Greek), χοντρός (chontrós) (Greek), småfet (Norwegian Bokmål), trivelig [euphemistic] (Norwegian Bokmål), stutttjukk (Norwegian Bokmål), откормленный (otkormlennyj) [masculine] (Russian), fläskig (Swedish), knubbig (Swedish), rundnätt (Swedish), småfet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-porky-en-adj-vbXK0iR- Disambiguation of Obesity: 2 82 7 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 1 49 42 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Phiomorphs: 1 49 42 2 2 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 48 45 1 1 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 2 56 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 47 44 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 51 43 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 54 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 54 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 52 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 54 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 54 41 Disambiguation of 'rather fat': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'rather fat': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: porky pie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɔː(ɹ).ki/ [UK] Audio: En-au-porky.ogg
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki Etymology: From pork + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pork|y}} pork + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} porky
  1. (MLE, slang) singulative of pork (“law enforcement”) Tags: Multicultural-London-English, form-of, singulative, slang Form of: pork (extra: law enforcement) Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs, Phiomorphs
    Sense id: en-porky-en-noun-~vuX650b Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 1 49 42 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Phiomorphs: 1 49 42 2 2 2 Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 48 45 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 54 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 47 44 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 51 43 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 52 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 54 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɔː(ɹ).ki/ [UK] Audio: En-au-porky.ogg Forms: porkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki Etymology: Clipping of pork pie. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|pork pie}} Clipping of pork pie. Head templates: {{en-noun}} porky (plural porkies)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A lie. Tags: Cockney, slang Categories (topical): Lying
    Sense id: en-porky-en-noun-WDwEQfJM Disambiguation of Lying: 4 29 22 41 2 2
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang, in the plural) An eye. Tags: Cockney, in-plural, slang Categories (topical): Eye
    Sense id: en-porky-en-noun-QVBYOg3x Disambiguation of Eye: 1 30 19 1 48 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pɔː(ɹ).ki/ [UK] Audio: En-au-porky.ogg Forms: porkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ki Etymology: Clipping of porcupine. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|porcupine}} Clipping of porcupine Head templates: {{en-noun}} porky (plural porkies)
  1. (informal, childish) A porcupine. Tags: childish, informal
    Sense id: en-porky-en-noun-UBwVB99V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1929, Forest and Stream, page 58:",
          "text": "The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a porky pulled the most impudent stunt of all.",
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