eat like a pig

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Verb

eat 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)

1. (colloquial, simile) To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, especially while consuming large quantities greedily.

   Antonym: eat like a bird

   Hypernym: eat like an animal

   Coordinate term: eat like a horse

Translations

eat like a pig

• Portuguese: comer feito porco, comer como um porco

See also

• pigging out
• pork-barrelling