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1 pig
piɡ 1. noun1) (a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon: He keeps pigs.) gris, svin2) (an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person: You pig!) gris, svin(epels)•- piggy2. adjective(like a pig's: piggy eyes.) grise-, svine-- piglet- piggyback
- pigheaded
- pigheadedness
- pigskin
- pigsty
- pigswill
- pigtail
- pigs might flygris--------svinIsubst. \/pɪɡ\/1) gris, svin2) (hverdagslig, om person) grådigper, egoist3) råjernsblokk, barre, blokk4) rørrenser, rensebørste, skraper5) ( slang) snut, purk (politi)in a pig's eye (amer.) den må du lenger ut på landet medmake a pig of oneself forspise seg, kaste i segmake a pig's ear of something lage en salig røre av noe, rote noe skikkelig tilpig in a poke katta i sekkenpigs might fly! og det vil du jeg skal tro!, ja, særlig!pig's wash se ➢ pigwashsqueal like a stuck pig hyle som en stukken grissweat like a pig svette som bare detIIverb \/pɪɡ\/1) ( hverdagslig) spise for mye2) få grisungerpig it\/together bo (klumpet sammen) som svinpig out forspise seg, kaste i seg -
2 poke
pəuk 1. verb1) (to push something into; to prod: He poked a stick into the hole; He poked her in the ribs with his elbow.) stikke, dytte2) (to make (a hole) by doing this: She poked a hole in the sand with her finger.) stikke hull i3) (to (cause to) protrude or project: She poked her head in at the window; His foot was poking out of the blankets.) stikke gjennom/ut fra2. noun(an act of poking; a prod or nudge: He gave me a poke in the arm.) dytt, støt- poker- poky
- pokey
- poke about/around
- poke fun at
- poke one's nose intodytt--------sekkIsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) ( dialekt) pose, liten sekk2) ( gammeldags) lommebuy a pig in a poke kjøpe katta i sekkenIIsubst. \/pəʊk\/støt, dytt, puffIIIsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) kysehatt2) brem på kysehattIVsubst. \/pəʊk\/1) ( den amerikanske plantearten Phytolacca americana) kermesbær2) ( plantearten Veratrum viride) forklaring: amerikansk nyserotVverb \/pəʊk\/1) dytte, skubbe, støte, puffe (med spiss gjenstand, finger e.l.), gjennombore2) rake (med ildrake)3) stikke4) ( vulgært) knulle5) pirke6) rote7) stikke frem, stikke utbe poked up ( hverdagslig) være innestengtpoke about\/around drive omkring, slenge omkringpoke about\/into snuse i, rote ipoke and pry snuse omkring, snoke rundtpoke fun at se ➢ fun, 1poke oneself up ( hverdagslig) stenge seg innepoke one's nose into snoke i, stikke nesen i blande seg opp i, legge seg opp ipoke somebody on the nose klappe til noen, gi noen en (midt) på trynettake a poke at ( hverdagslig) rette et slag mot
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pig in a poke — Date: 1562 something offered in such a way as to obscure its real nature or worth < unwilling to buy a pig in a poke > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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