Meanings
- Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.
- Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
"The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"
2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America2 more examples
Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink, oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
1982, Sandy Asher, Just like JennyYou are such a male chauvinist oink, oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.
2005, Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion
plural oinks
- The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.
present singular third person oinks · participle present oinking · participle past oinked · past oinked
- intransitiveOf a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Imitative of the sound.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γρῦ
- γρῦ (grû)Representing the sound made by a pig
Bulgarian грух, грухтене
- грух (gruh)Representing the sound made by a pig
- грухтене (gruhtene)sound made by a pig
- грухтя (gruhtja)to oink
Catalan oic, oinc
- oicRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- oincRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- grunyitsound made by a pig
- gardenysound made by a pig
- grunyirto oink
- gardenyarto oink
Chinese Mandarin 哼哼
- 哼哼Representing the sound made by a pig
Czech chro, chrochtání
- chroRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- chrochtánísound made by a pig
- chrochtatto oink
- zachrochtatto oink
Danish øf
- øfRepresenting the sound made by a pig
Dutch knor, gegrom
- knorRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- gegromsound made by a pig
- knorrento oink
Esperanto bleko, bleki
- blekosound made by a pig
- blekito oink
Finnish röh, nöf
- röhRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- nöfRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- röhkäisysound made by a pig
- röhkiäto oink
French groin, gruik
- groinRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- gruikRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- grognementsound made by a pig
- grognerto oink
German grunz, öff
- grunzRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- öffRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- oinkRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- Grunzensound made by a pig
- grunzento oink
Hungarian röf, röfögés
- röfRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- röfögéssound made by a pig
- röfögto oink
Indonesian ngok, ngok ngok
- ngokRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- ngok ngokRepresenting the sound made by a pig
Japanese ブー, ブーブー
- ブー (bū)Representing the sound made by a pig
- ブーブー (būbū)Representing the sound made by a pig
- ブヒブヒ (buhibuhi)Representing the sound made by a pig
Norwegian nøff, grynt
- nøffRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- gryntsound made by a pig
- grynteto oink
Polish chrum, chrumknięcie
- chrumRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- chrumknięciesound made by a pig
- chrumkaćto oink
- chrumknąćto oink
- kwiczećto oink
- kwiknąćto oink
Portuguese oinc, grunhido
- oincRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- grunhidosound made by a pig
- grunhirto oink
Romanian groh
- grohRepresenting the sound made by a pig
Russian хрю, хрю-хрю
- хрю (xrju)Representing the sound made by a pig
- хрю-хрю (xrju-xrju)Representing the sound made by a pig
- хрю́канье (xrjúkanʹje)sound made by a pig
- хрю́кать (xrjúkatʹ)to oink
Scottish Gaelic gnosd
- gnosdRepresenting the sound made by a pig
Spanish oinc, oenc
- oincRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- oencRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- cuillosound made by a pig
- gruñirto oink
- hacer oincto oink
- decir oencto oink
- cuillarto oink
- guarrearto oink
Swedish nöff, grymtning
- nöffRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- grymtningsound made by a pig
- grymtato oink
- nöffato oink
Thai อู๊ด
- อู๊ด (úut)Representing the sound made by a pig
Ukrainian рох
- рох (rox)Representing the sound made by a pig
Vietnamese ủn ỉn, ụt ịt
- ủn ỉnRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- ụt ịtRepresenting the sound made by a pig
- ủn ỉnto oink
Welsh soch
- sochRepresenting the sound made by a pig
Yiddish כרו־כרו, כרוק
- כרו־כרו (khrú-khrú)Representing the sound made by a pig
- כרוק (khruk)sound made by a pig
- גרונץ (grunts)sound made by a pig
- כרוקען (khruken)to oink
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Cite this entry
oink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oink
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