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Definition: Porker |
PorkerNoun1. A pig fattened to provide meat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "porker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A young pig fattened for table use as fresh pork. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PORKER. A hog: also a Jew. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Porker |
| Specialty definitions using "porker": PORKER. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The porker and the sheep. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Porker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Porker" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
porker | 46 |
porker pipe | 16 |
party porker | 8 |
game porker | 5 |
performance porker | 5 |
porker strip | 4 |
free game porker | 3 |
exhaust porker | 3 |
porker video | 3 |
porker tour world | 3 |
brother pipe porker white | 3 |
paradise porker | 2 |
party.com porker | 2 |
bunny porker | 2 |
porker run | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "porker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خنزير (hog, pig, swine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krmník. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | porkgris (pork pig, slaughter pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | slachtvarken (pork pig, slaughter pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pork-sika (pork pig, slaughter pig), lihasika (bacon pig, baconer, bacon-type swine, fattener, fattening pig, feeding pig, heavy baconer, heavy pig, meat-type pig, meat-type swine, pig, pork pig, runner, slaughter pig, store, store pig, young pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | porc charcutier (pork pig), porc l'engrais. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mastschwein (hog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hízott disznó, hízó (store cattle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | porker (pork pig, slaughter pig), maiale d'allevamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | muc cheish (fat pig, obese pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orkerpay leitão (pig, piggy, piggy-wiggy, Pigling, sucker, sucking pig), costela de suíno. (various references) porc tânãr pus la îngrãşat, porc pus la îngrãşat. (various references) porker (pork pig, slaughter pig), cebón (cull). (various references) smågris som föds upp med tanke på spädgrisgrillning (pork pig, slaughter pig), gödsvin (fattening pig). (various references) свиня на відгодівлі. (various references) lợn vỗ béo để l m thịt, lợn thịt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "porker": porkers. (additional references) | |
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"Porker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Orkar, orker, Parkwern, perker, plorer, pocker, poikar, Poiker, poikir, Pokere, pokery, pokran, Pokrov, Porcaro, porce, porci, Porfert, Porgera, porke, Porket, Porkin, porner, porper, procera, pulker, Pupker, Purcaru, Purkar, purko. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "porker" (pronounced 'Pork"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-k-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: poker, repro, roper. | |
-2 letters: kore, perk, poke, pore, pork, repo, rope. | |
-3 letters: err, kep, kop, kor, oke, ope, ore, per, pro, rep, roe. | |
-4 letters: er, oe, op, or, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-k-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: porkers, porkier, prerock, prework. | |
+2 letters: parroket, provoker. | |
+3 letters: paperwork, parrokets, pokeberry, presswork, provokers, retropack. | |
+4 letters: crowkeeper, doorkeeper, dropkicker, paperworks, pawnbroker, perikaryon, pressworks, prokaryote, retropacks, rockhopper, ropewalker. | |
+5 letters: crowkeepers, doorkeepers, dropkickers, pawnbrokers, perestroika, pieceworker, plasterwork, pokeberries, powerbroker, prokaryotes, rockhoppers, ropewalkers, scorekeeper, sparrowlike, storekeeper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 72 6B 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-. -.- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01110010 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o r k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 0072 006B 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508184777184 |
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