Meanings
verbeat like a pig (third-person singular simple present eats like a pig, present participle eating like a pig, simple past ate like a pig, past participle eaten like a pig)
present singular third person eats like a pig · participle present eating like a pig · past ate like a pig · participle past eaten like a pig
- colloquialsimileTo chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.
Antonyms: eat like a bird
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.
Opposite
Translations
Polish obżerać się jak świnia, jeść jak świnia
- obżerać się jak świniaeat like a pig
- jeść jak świniaeat like a pig
Portuguese comer feito porco, comer como um porco
- comer feito porcoeat like a pig
- comer como um porcoeat like a pig
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eat like a pig,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20like%20a%20pig.
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