单词 | oink |
释义 | oink (once / 268621 pages) nv An oink is the sound a pig makes. If you're on the hunt for your neighbor's run-away piglets, be sure to listen carefully for oinks. In Japanese, pigs "buu," in German they "grunz," and in Swedish they "nöff." In English, however, we describe the sound pigs make as an oink and we say that when they make this noise, they oink. All of these words are imitative, each language's best imitation of the grunting-squeaking-squeal that's unique to our porcine pals. WORD FAMILYoink: oinked, oinking, oinks USAGE EXAMPLES“He’s just wandering around the kitchen desperate for food, doing a lot of whining and oinking. Then eventually, he just passed out.” Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) The body of the email simply read "Oink, oink". BBC(Jun 05, 2016) And now he oinks at the back door when he’s got to go.” Washington Times(Nov 13, 2015) 1n the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs Syn|Hyper grunt noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 2v utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs Syn|Hyper squeal emit, let loose, let out, utter express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) |
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