1. [N. Amer, informal] Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
   "The porky raised its quills when threatened";
   - porcupine, hedgehog
    
2. [Brit, informal] A trivial lie
   "he told a porky about eating his spinach";
   - fib [informal], story, tale, tarradiddle [informal], taradiddle [informal], porky pie [Brit, informal]

1. [informal] Excessively fat
   "a porky man";
   - corpulent, obese, weighty, rotund, overweight, lardy [informal]
    
2. Of, relating to, or tasting of pork
   "porky flavours in the stew"
    
3. [informal] (of a person) fat or overweight
   "He's gotten a bit porky since quitting the gym"

Derived forms: porkier, porkies, porkiest

See also: fat

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

Encyclopedia: Porky