pork

CEFRA2

/pɔːk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Meat from a pig.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.

Examples

  • That's why ostrich meat costs more than twice as much as beef and pork.

  • The GOP accused the Democrats of pork barrel politics.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /poɹk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution

  2. The meat of a pig.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To have sex with (someone).

More examples

In context

  • The cafeteria serves pork on Tuesdays.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.