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PRONUNCIATION OF SUCKING-PIG

sucking-pig  [ˈsʌkɪŋˌpɪɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUCKING-PIG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sucking-Pig 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 SUCKING-PIG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sucking-pig in the English dictionary

The definition of sucking-pig in the dictionary is a pig that is not yet weaned.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUCKING-PIG


bushpig
ˈbʊʃˌpɪɡ
pig
pɪɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUCKING-PIG

suck it and see
suck off
suck up to
suckener
sucker
sucker punch
suckerfish
suckers´ gap
suckfish
suckhole
sucking
sucking diesel
sucking louse
suckle
suckler
suckless
suckling
suckling pig
sucks
sucky

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUCKING-PIG

Abyssinian guinea pig
chauvinist pig
domestic pig
Dutch guinea pig
guinea pig
Himalayan guinea pig
lard pig
long pig
male chauvinist pig
pork pig
store pig
suckling pig

Synonyms and antonyms of sucking-pig in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sucking-pig» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUCKING-PIG

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

Translator English - Chinese

吮猪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cochinillo
570 millions of speakers

English

sucking-pig
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चूसने - सुअर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مص الخنازير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порося
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leitão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চোষা-শূকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cochon de lait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghisap babi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spanferkel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

吸引、豚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빠는 돼지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngisep-babi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hút lợn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உறிஞ்சுவதில்-பன்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोषक-डुक्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emme domuzu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maialino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prosię
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порося
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supt - porc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

- το πιπίλισμα των χοίρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speenvarken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spädgris
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pattegris
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sucking-pig

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUCKING-PIG»

The term «sucking-pig» is normally little used and occupies the 145.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUCKING-PIG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sucking-pig

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUCKING-PIG»

Discover the use of sucking-pig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sucking-pig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Modern Cook
When the sucking-pig is stuffed, sew the paunch up with twine, spit the pig for roasting, carefully fastening it on the spit at each end with small iron skewers, which should be run through the shoulders and hips to secure it tightly, so that it may ...
Charles Elme Francatelli, Elme Francatelli, 2008
2
The Modern Cook: A Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in ...
When the sucking-pig is stuffed, sew the paunch up with twine, spit the pig for roasting, carefully fastening it on the spit at each end with small iron skewers, which should be run through the shoulders and hips to secure it tightly, so that it may ...
Charles Elmé Francatelli, 1846
3
Descoberta Do Mundo
People offer me cat and I thank them for the sucking-pig and when the cat starts miaowing, I pretend not to hear. Because I know the deception was intended to please me. But I am not quite so forgiving when I know the offer was made in bad  ...
Clarice Lispector, 1996
4
Mrs Beeton's Household Management
PORK CARVING 842 SUCKING-PIG A sucking-pig seems, at first sight, rather an elaborate dish, or rather animal, to carve; but by carefully mastering the details of the business, every difficulty will vanish; and if a partial failure be at first made, ...
Isabella Beeton, Mrs. Beeton (Isabella Mary), 2006
5
Whittemore's Science and Practice of Pig Production
This requires frequent provision of a highly palatable diet offered to the sucking pig in appealing form. Unless the highest levels of management skills are employed, the consequences can be lost growth, poor feed conversion efficiency and ...
Colin T. Whittemore, Ilias Kyriazakis, 2008
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The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New ...
A sucking pig is in prime order [or the spit when it is about three weeks old. It loses part of its goodness every hour alter it is killed; if n«t quite fresh, no art cm make the crackling crisp. To be eaten in peifeeticn, it should be dressed the same day ...
Richard Dolby, 1830
7
A Guide to Modern Cookery
I397—SUCKING PIG Stuffed or not stuffed, sucking pigs are always roasted whole, and the essential point of the procedure is that they should be just done when their skin is crisp and golden. While cooking, they should be frequently basted ...
Auguste Escoffier, 2013
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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management: Abridged edition
more stanch even than the dog itself, though surprising, is far less wonderful than that evidence of education where so generally obtuse an animal may be taught not only to spell, but couple figures and give dates correctly.* Roast Sucking-Pig  ...
Isabella Beeton, Nicola Humble, 2000
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The Cook's Dictionary ... New Edition, Carefully Revised, ...
A sucking pig is in prime order for the spit when it is about three weeks old. It loses part of its goodness every hour after it is killed ; if not quite fresh, no art can make the crackling crisp. To be eaten in perfection, it should be dressed the same ...
Richard DOLBY, 1832
10
Notes from the House of the Dead
Blindly devoted to the ritual, he even regarded his Christmas sucking—pig, which he had stuffed with kasha and roasted (with his own hands, because roasting was another of the things he knew how to do), with a kind of anticipatory respect,  ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 2013

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sucking-Pig [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sucking-pig>. May 2024 ».
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