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Adjective: porky (porkier,porkiest)  por-kee
  1. [informal] Excessively fat
    - corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, lardy [informal], overweight
     
  2. Of, relating to or tasting of pork
Noun: porky  por-kee
Usage: informal
  1. [N. Amer, informal] Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
    - porcupine, hedgehog
     
  2. [Brit, informal] A trivial lie
    "he told a porky about eating his spinach";
    - fib, story, tale, tarradiddle [informal], taradiddle [informal], porky pie [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: porkiest, porkies, porkier

See also: fat

Type of: gnawer, lie[2], prevarication, rodent

Encyclopedia: Porky