1. plural of pig; farm animals with short legs, fat bodies, and curved tails, raised for meat
2. greedy, dirty, or unpleasant people
Usage: informal; derogatory
3. police officers
Usage: slang; offensive

Examples

• The farmer feeds his pigs twice a day.
• Three little pigs built houses of different materials.
• The pigs rolled around in the mud to stay cool.
• Don’t be such pigs at the dinner table.
• Those pigs ate all the pizza before we arrived.
• The protesters shouted angrily at the pigs.