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I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think.
Boris Vian

Meaning of "porker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PORKER

porker  [ˈpɔːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Porker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

porker

Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar, along with other species; related creatures outside the genus include the babirusa and the warthog. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets. Pigs are omnivores and are highly social and intelligent animals.

Definition of porker in the English dictionary

The definition of porker in the dictionary is a pig, esp a young one weighing between 40 and 67 kg, fattened to provide meat such as pork chops.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORKER


cawker
ˈkɔːkə
corker
ˈkɔːkə
deerstalker
ˈdɪəˌstɔːkə
forker
ˈfɔːkə
gawker
ˈɡɔːkə
hawker
ˈhɔːkə
jaywalker
ˈdʒeɪwɔːkə
Majorca
məˈjɔːkə
Minorca
mɪˈnɔːkə
moonwalker
ˈmuːnˌwɔːkə
nightwalker
ˈnaɪtˌwɔːkə
orca
ˈɔːkə
sleepwalker
ˈsliːpˌwɔːkə
smooth-talker
ˈsmuːðˌtɔːkə
spacewalker
ˈspeɪsˌwɔːkə
stalker
ˈstɔːkə
talker
ˈtɔːkə
waka
ˈwɔːkə
walker
ˈwɔːkə
yorker
ˈjɔːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORKER

poristic
poristical
pork
pork barrel
pork butcher
pork chop
pork pie
pork pig
pork sausage
pork scratchings
porkier
porkies
porkiest
porkiness
porkling
porkpie hat
porkwood
porky
porky pie
porn

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORKER

aid worker
care-worker
childcare worker
co-worker
community worker
construction worker
dock-worker
factory worker
field worker
health care worker
knowledge worker
medical social worker
networker
New Yorker
office worker
Parker
social worker
steelworker
white-collar worker
woodworker
worker

Synonyms and antonyms of porker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «porker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORKER

Find out the translation of porker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of porker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «porker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小猪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

porker
570 millions of speakers

English

porker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

porker
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنزير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Поркер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porker
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শূকরছানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porc à l´engrais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Porker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mastschwein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食用豚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

porker
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Porker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heo nuôi để ăn thịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறைச்சிக்காக வளர்த்துக் கொல்லப்படும் பன்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

porker
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maiale d´allevamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tucznik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Поркер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

porc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

porker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

porker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

porker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

porker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of porker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORKER»

The term «porker» is normally little used and occupies the 116.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «porker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «porker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about porker

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QUOTES WITH «PORKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word porker.
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Boris Vian
I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORKER»

Discover the use of porker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to porker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Porker's taxi
As he transports passengers uphill and downhill in his wheelbarrow, Porker makes an interesting discovery.
Sven Nordqvist, 1992
2
Ike and Porker
Eleven-year-old Isaac's secretive attempt to join his father's annual pig drive to Chicago in the fall of 1837 is foiled by Porker, a pig with a mind of her own.
Susan E. Kirby, 1983
3
Writing with Results
Porker the Flying Pig Porker was a fat little pig with a big imagination. Each morning as Porker awoke he would stretch, yawn and wiggle his curly tail in expectation. What could he get into today? Yesterday Porker had gotten wet in the ...
JoAnne Moore, 1995
4
Double Bridges
Porker pressed the brake pedal and the truck began to slow. “Don't slow down,” Wilbur yelled. As he spoke, the blaze engulfed the rear end of the vehicle. “Holy shit,” he yelled, “jump.” Porker slammed the brakes and leaped from the truck.
Scott Adair, 2010
5
The Family of the Seisers: A Satirical Tale of the City of ...
Too much to do," said Mr. Porker, shaking his epistolary head; "but tell me how can you make out with such a hole as this, twelve feet square 7" " Why don'tyou know, Porker, my friend ?" returned the tall broker. " God bless you, my friend, I do  ...
‎1844
6
The gipsies
In this way the revengeful Gipsies had killed this man's sheep. Indeed, they have a favourite song called " Poisoning the Porker," of which the following is Mr. Borrow's translation : — •' Listen to me, ye Roman lads, who are all seated in the  ...
Henry Woodcock, 1865
7
Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a ...
Listen to me ye Roman lads, who are seated in the straw about the fire, and I will tell how we poison the porker, I will tell how we poison the porker. We go to the house of the poison monger (i.e. the apothecary), where we buy three pennies' ...
George Henry Borrow, 2012
8
The Romany rye: a sequel to "Lavengro"
We go to the house of the poison-monger,* where we buy three pennies' worth of bane, and when we return to our people, we say we will poison the porker ; we will try and poison the porker. We then make up the poison, and then we take our  ...
George Henry Borrow, 1857
9
The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, ...
The foremast of a Leander-class frigate shows UA-13 at the masthead, surmounting Porker (visible as small cylinders, separated by flanges [baffles]). (A. Raven, 1988) tested in November 1972), was added. Like YAZ, it analyzed one manually ...
Norman Friedman, 1997
10
Hours at Home
One of the best practical jokes that we have heard of in along while occurred some years since not a thousand miles distant, in which two friends of the writer and a famous porker played a conspicuous part. The two young men in question  ...
‎1868

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term porker is used in the context of the following news items.
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CAGW Names Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) July Porker of the …
its July Porker of the Month for his efforts to resurrect the wasteful Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. The Ex-Im Bank is an independent government ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
Pigs in peril: Pet porkers pack on pounds, pack rescues
These pigs are in big trouble," said Sue Parkinson of Lil' Orphan Hammies in Solvang, which took in Monroy's porker and others no one else ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
CAGW Blasts New Ideas For USPS Expansion
Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
4
THE ENGAYGEMENT Heads to the Met Room, 8/14, 8/19 & 9/9
The Vegas Before Vegas, Rest In Peace directed/choreographed by Baayork Lee; A Midsummer Night, The Porker Sisters and 11 children's ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
5
The Problems With Being 'The Sarcastic One' In Your Group Of Mates
... after two bottles of sauvignon blanc. Who knew that calling their now-dead-from-diabetes cat a 'porker' was something that they'd actually get upset about? «The Debrief, Jul 15»
6
Police keep the peace at Saucon Park
Miller told the party that the open fire wasn't permitted, but let them keep it going for the hour they said they needed to fully cook the porker. «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
7
McLaren 570S/540C pricing revealed
It'll take buying the McLaren 570S to match the Porker's turn of speed thanks to an uprated 419kW/600Nm and scales that move up by only 2kg ... «Motor Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Earthquake insurance: Taking steps to prepare for the Big One
The little pig who built his house with bricks foiled the big bad wolf, but there's another risk the fairy tale porker might not have considered. «The Olympian, Jul 15»
9
St. Joe County Special Olympics hosts Hog Roast/Porker Run
SOUTH BEND The St. Joseph County Special Olympics is hosting a Hog Roast/Porker Run Saturday July 25 to to raise money for the ... «WNDU-TV, Jul 15»
10
Bacon + cheese + deep fried = State Fair's great eats
Bacon Bottom Porker Pizza: A bacon weave is used for the crust and topped with Oktoberfest BBQ sauce, house roasted BBQ pork shoulder, ... «The Sheboygan Press, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Porker [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/porker>. May 2024 ».
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