piggy

noun, plural pig·gies.

1. a small or young pig.

adjective, pig·gi·er, pig·gi·est.

2. Informal. piggish.
3. (of a sow) in an advanced state of pregnancy.

noun plural -gies

1. a child’s word for a pig, esp a piglet
2. piggy in the middle
   1. a children’s game in which one player attempts to retrieve a ball thrown over him or her by at least two other players
   2. a situation in which a person or group is caught up in a disagreement between other people or groups
3. a child’s word for toe or, sometimes, finger

adjective -gier or -giest

4. another word for piggish

adj.“resembling a pig,” 1841, from pig (n.) + -y (2). n.“a little pig,” 1799, from pig (n.) + -y (3). Related: Piggies. Piggy bank attested from 1941 (pig bank from 1937).