pork

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The meat of a pig.
2. (US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) 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.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, collective, countable, slang, uncountable) law enforcement, those who side with criminal prosecution

Verb

To have sex with (someone).

Synonyms

pig

🐖

swine

ham

hog

pork barrel

bacon

🥓

porc

veal

pig meat

swine’s flesh

bounder

grunter

piggy

piglet

squealer

subsidy

Translations

Schweinefleisch

porc

maiale

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cerdo

carne de porco

carne de cerdo

varkensvlees

Schwein

cochon

χοιρινό

carne di maiale

porco

🐖

porco

🐖

porcina

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pork

Cognate with Old English: fearh

In summary

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.