单词	porky
释义	porky1 adjectiveporky2 noun porkypork‧y1 /ˈpɔːki $ ˈpɔːrki/ adjective informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINporky1 Origin: 1800-1900 pork fat – often used humorously porky1 adjectiveporky2 noun porkyporky2 (also ˈporky pie) noun (plural porkies) [countable] British English informal Word Origin WORD ORIGINporky2 Origin: 1900-2000 Rhyming slang Thesaurus THESAURUS► lie noun [countable] something you say or write that you know is untrue: · Would you tell lies to protect a friend?· The allegation is a complete lie. ► white lie noun [countable] informal a lie that you tell to avoid upsetting someone: · We all tell white lies sometimes. ► fib noun [countable] informal a lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children: · Have you been telling fibs? ► porky noun [countable usually plural] British English informal a lie – a very informal use: · He’s been telling porkies again. ► falsehood noun [countable] formal a statement that is not true, especially one that is intended to give people the wrong idea about someone or something: · He described the allegations as malicious falsehoods. ► untruth noun [countable] formal a lie – used especially when you want to avoid saying the word lie: · Some workers go off and tell untruths about the organisations for which they are working. ► fabrication noun [countable, uncountable] formal a story or claim that someone has invented in order to deceive someone, or the act of doing this: · The claim was described as a fabrication by the police prosecutor.· He dismissed the charges as pure fabrication. ► libel noun [uncountable] law the crime of writing lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, especially in a newspaper or magazine: · She sued the newspaper for libel.· libel laws ► slander noun [countable, uncountable] law the crime of speaking lies that could make people have a bad opinion of someone, or an untrue statement which does this: · He’s threatening to sue them for slander.· a slander on the good name of the company· Linking his name to terrorism was a slander. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► telling porkies  Was he telling porkies again? a lie:  Was he telling porkies again?
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