pigg

See also: Pigg, PIgG, and pIgG

English

Noun

pigg (plural piggs)

  1. A piggin.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pigg in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural pigger, definite plural piggene)

  1. a spike
  2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
  3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
  4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪɡː/

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural piggar, definite plural piggane)

  1. a spike
  2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
  3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
  4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

References

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