pork
nounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//pɔːk//
- United States//poɹk//
- //po(ː)ɹk//
- //poək//
The meat of a pig.
noun
- 1
The meat of a pig.
The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
- 2
slangFunding 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.
- 3
slangLaw enforcement; those who side with criminal prosecution.
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.
verb
- 1
slangTo have sex with (someone).
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.
noun
- 1
A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.
Etymology
Blend of pin + fork.
Forms
- plural
- porks
- past tense
- porked
- past participle
- porked
- present participle
- porking
- third person singular
- porks