pig out

verb

Definition of pig outnext
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food

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Recent Examples of pig out The parting advice from her mother (an excellent, sparingly used Ariane Labed) is to wear her glasses, read everyday, and to not pig out. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pig out
  1. gorge
  2. feast
Verb
  • For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of gorge
Verb
  • Unseasonal weather that curtails feasting on the scrumptious sushi served on the roof terrace from May to October.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That extra perspiration tends to come from the apocrine glands in the underarms and groin, which produce the thicker, fat- and protein-rich sweat that bacteria feast on.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of feast

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“Pig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig%20out. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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