oink

English

Etymology

Imitative of the sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪŋk/

Interjection

oink

1. Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
   • 1982, Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny:

     Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.

   • 2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America:

     "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

   • 2005, Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion:

     You are such a male chauvinist oink, oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.

Translations

Representing the sound made by a pig

• Armenian: խո (hy) (xo), խո-խո (xo-xo)
• Bikol Central: ugik (bcl)
• Bulgarian: грух (gruh)
• Catalan: oic (ca), oinc (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哼哼 (zh)

• Czech: chro (cs)
• Danish: øf (da)
• Dutch: knor (nl)
• Finnish: röh (fi), nöf (fi)
• French: groin (fr), gruik (fr)
• Galician: oinc
• Georgian: ღრუტ (ɣruṭ)
• German: grunz (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γρῦ (grû)

• Hungarian: röf
• Indonesian: ngok, ngok ngok
• Japanese: ブー (ja) (bū), ブーブー (būbū), ブヒブヒ (buhibuhi),
• Norwegian: nøff (no)
• Polish: chrum (pl)
• Portuguese: oinc
• Romanian: groh (ro)
• Russian: хрю (ru) (xrju), хрю-хрю (xrju-xrju)
• Scottish Gaelic: gnosd
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грок

  Roman: grok

• Swedish: nöff (sv)
• Thai: อู๊ด (th) (úut)
• Ukrainian: рох (rox)
• Vietnamese: ủn ỉn (vi)
• Welsh: soch
• Yiddish: כרו־כרו (khrú-khrú)

Noun

oink (plural oinks)

Examples
the sound of a pig's "oink" (file)

1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

   The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

sound made by a pig

• Bikol Central: ugik (bcl)
• Bulgarian: грухтене n (gruhtene)
• Catalan: grunyit (ca) m, gardeny (ca)
• Central Dusun: aak
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豬的叫聲／猪的叫声 (zhū de jiàoshēng)

• Czech: chrochtání
• Esperanto: bleko
• Finnish: röhkäisy (fi)
• French: grognement (fr)
• Galician: gruñido m
• German: Grunzen n
• Hungarian: röfögés (hu)
• Interlingua: grunnimento m
• Norwegian: grynt n
• Polish: chrumknięcie n
• Portuguese: grunhido (pt) m
• Russian: хрю́канье (ru) n (xrjúkanʹje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гроктање n, гроктај m

  Roman: groktanje (sh) n, groktaj m

• Swedish: grymtning (sv) c
• Yiddish: כרוק m (khruk), גרונץ m (grunts)

Verb

oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)

1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

   The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

to oink

• Bulgarian: грухтя (gruhtja)
• Catalan: grunyir (ca), gardenyar (ca)
• Czech: chrochtat impf, zachrochtat pf
• Dutch: knorren (nl)
• Esperanto: bleki
• Finnish: röhkiä (fi)
• French: grogner (fr)
• Galician: cuincar (gl), cuiñar (gl), gruñir (gl)
• German: grunzen (de)
• Hungarian: röfög (hu)
• Ido: bramar (io)
• Interlingua: grunnir
• Norwegian: grynte
• Polish: chrumkać impf, chrumknąć pf, kwiczeć (pl) impf, kwiknąć pf
• Portuguese: grunhir (pt)
• Russian: хрю́кать (ru) (xrjúkatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гроктати

  Roman: groktati (sh)

• Spanish: gruñir (es)
• Swedish: grymta (sv), nöffa (sv)
• Vietnamese: ủn ỉn (vi)
• Yiddish: כרוקען (khruken)

See also

• grunt
• squeal

Anagrams

• ikon, kino