World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English DictionariesPig-out
/ˈpɪɡ.aʊt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An occasion of eating a large amount of food greedily or to excess.
"After hiking all day, we had a major pig-out on pizza and burgers."
- 1
To eat a very large amount of food; to indulge oneself excessively in something.
"I plan to stay home all weekend, watch movies, and pig out on snacks."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'pig' in reference to the animal's notoriously greedy eating habits, combined with the phrasal particle 'out'. First appearing in American slang during the mid-20th century, the term originally described a heavy, unrestrained meal before broadening to encompass any instance of excessive indulgence.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pig-out" is said worldwide
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gaurance
Transliteration: gavage
Script: gavage
"Ce dîner a été un véritable gavage de friandises."
Fresskrampf
Transliteration: Fresskrampf
"Nach dem langen Training hatte er einen riesigen Fresskrampf."
abbuffata
Transliteration: abbuffata
"Abbiamo fatto una grande abbuffata di pizza ieri sera."
atracón
Transliteration: atracon
"Nos dimos un atracón de comida rápida durante el partido."
comilança
Transliteration: comilanca
"A festa terminou com uma grande comilança de doces."
पेटपूजा
Transliteration: petpuja
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"शादी के खाने में सबने जमकर पेटपूजा की।"
大吃大喝
Transliteration: dà chī dà hē
Script: 中文汉字
"假期里大家聚在一起大吃大喝。"
폭식
Transliteration: poksik
Script: 한국어 한글
"주말마다 야식을 먹으며 폭식을 하곤 한다."
暴れ食い
Transliteration: abaregui
Script: 日本語
"休日に友達とスナック菓子を暴れ食いした。"
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