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pork

PORK/poɹk/PAWK/pɔːk/

Pluralporks (some meanings)

Verbporks, porking, porked

5 meanings of pork

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  1. 1
    pig meatnoununcountable
    Meat that comes from a pig.

    We had pork and rice for dinner.

    My brother doesn't eat pork, so we made him chicken.

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  2. 2
    political spendingnounslangderogatoryUScountable or uncountable
    Government money a lawmaker asks for to help special groups or their own area, not the whole country.

    The senator's rivals called the new bridge money pork.

    Voters are tired of so much pork in the budget.

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  3. 3
    have sexverbslangvulgartransitive
    To have sex with someone, usually said about a man.

    Similarbang, bone, bonk, boink, ball

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  4. 4
    policenoundialectalMulticultural London Englishcollectivecountable or uncountable
    The police, or people who take the side of the police against criminals.

    Someone shouted that pork was coming, and the kids ran.

    He started helping the pork, so his old friends stopped talking to him.

    Similarpolice, pig, fuzz, feds, heat

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  5. 5
    chessnouncountable
    In chess, a position where a player's pieces are caught in a pin and a fork at the same time.

    My little brother beat me with a pork in our last game.

    One quick move left her pieces stuck in a pork.

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Origins

Meanings 1–4

It came into English in the 1300s from the French word porc, from the Latin word porcus, meaning “pig”.

Meaning 5

It is a blend of pin and fork.