pork
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
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. The verb is from the black American form of poke.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /poɹk/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /po(ː)ɹk/[1]
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /poək/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Noun edit
pork (countable and uncountable, plural porks)
- (chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.
- Synonyms: pigflesh, pigmeat, swineflesh, swinemeat, the other white meat
- The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.
- (US politics, slang, derogatory) Funding 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.
- (MLE, slang, collective) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution
- Synonyms: bacon, pigs, swine; see also Thesaurus:police
- Meronym: porky (“one member of law enforcement, policeman”)
Derived terms edit
- barbecued pork
- barbecue pork
- cut of pork
- Dongpo pork
- double-cooked pork
- flossy pork
- Huizeng pork
- I don't eat pork
- jellied pork
- long pork
- lychee pork
- minced pork
- minced pork rice
- moo shi pork
- mu shu pork
- mu xu pork
- National Pork Board
- organic pork
- partially defatted pork fatty tissue
- Peking pork
- pickled pork
- piece of pork
- pig upon pork
- pork and beans
- pork bacon
- pork ball
- pork-barrel
- pork barrel
- pork barrelling
- pork-barrelling
- pork-based
- pork belly
- pork blood
- pork blood soup
- pork bouillon
- porkbuster
- pork butcher
- pork butt
- pork cheek
- pork cheese
- pork chop
- pork chop island
- pork consumption
- pork-containing
- pork cutlet
- pork cycle
- pork dripping
- pork ear
- pork-eater
- pork-eating
- porker
- pork escalope
- pork fat
- pork fillet
- porkfish
- pork floss
- pork goulash
- pork hedgehog
- pork hock
- porking
- pork insulin
- pork jelly
- pork jowl
- pork kebab
- pork kidney
- pork knocker
- pork-knocker
- pork knuckle
- pork liver
- pork loin
- pork meat
- pork meatball
- pork neck
- pork out
- pork pie
- pork pie hat
- pork producer
- pork rib
- pork ribs
- pork rind
- pork roast
- pork roll
- pork schnitzel
- pork scratching
- pork scratchings
- pork shoulder
- pork slab
- Pork Soda
- pork steak
- pork store
- pork strips
- pork sung
- pork sword
- pork tapeworm
- pork tenderloin
- pork tenderloin sandwich
- Pork Tornado
- pork up
- pork Wellington
- porky
- Porky Pig
- pork–cat syndrome
- pulled pork
- red braised pork belly
- roast pork
- salt pork
- Scottish pork taboo
- sea pork
- sliced pork
- smoked pork
- spring of pork
- steam minced pork
- sweet and sour pork
- twice-cooked pork
- yuxiang shredded pork
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Japanese: ポーク (pōku)
Translations edit
meat of a pig
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See also edit
Verb edit
pork (third-person singular simple present porks, present participle porking, simple past and past participle porked)
- (transitive, slang, vulgar, usually of a male) To have sex with (someone).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulate with
- 1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), spoken by Boon (Peter Riegert), Universal Pictures:
- Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!
References edit
- ^ “pork”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French porc, from Latin porcus. Compare farowen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pork (plural porkes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “pork(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.