noun, plural pig·gies.
- a small or young pig.
adjective, pig·gi·er, pig·gi·est.
- Informal. piggish.
- (of a sow) in an advanced state of pregnancy.
noun plural -gies
- a child’s word for a pig, esp a piglet
- piggy in the middle
- a children’s game in which one player attempts to retrieve a ball thrown over him or her by at least two other players
- a situation in which a person or group is caught up in a disagreement between other people or groups
- a child’s word for toe or, sometimes, finger
adjective -gier or -giest
- 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).