pigging

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪɡɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pigging

  1. Damned (used as a mild intensive).
    I can't get this pigging computer to work.
Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

pigging

  1. present participle and gerund of pig

Noun[edit]

pigging (plural piggings)

  1. (engineering) The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.
    • 1955, American Gas Association, Proceedings, volume 37, page 1083:
      The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pigging (plural piggings)

  1. Alternative form of piggin
    • 1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia:
      He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.