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pork

noun

  1. meat from a pig
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pɔːk/ / /poɹk/ / /po(ː)ɹk/

noun

Etymology: Blend of pin + fork.

  1. A position in which a player's pieces are both pinned and forked at the same time.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Old French porcbor. Middle English pork English pork From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”). Cognate with Old English fearh (“piglet”). Doublet of farrow. Compare also other West Germanic words for pigs: Ferkel, Ferke, and varken. Used in English since the 14th century, and as a term of abuse since the 17th century. US politics sense is related to pork barrel.

  1. To have sex with (someone).

    Marlene! Don't tell me you're gonna pork Marlene Desmond!

    You know, I can't remember just how I discovered doorknobs, but as a teenager I used to pork myself on a particular one — a nice, smooth round one — from time to time.