oinked

Made sty sounds

Oinked is the past tense of oink, the grunt a pig makes.

The word imitates the sound itself: The piglets oinked as they scrambled for food.

Figuratively, someone might oink while eating messily or greedily.

farm

pig

Domesticated swine for meat

  • swineDomestic porcine animals
  • hogSwine, or monopolize
  • sowImplant in earth

boar · piglet · sty · pigsty · pen · trough · slop · feed · livestock · barnyard

pig-sound

grunt

Low guttural sound

squealing · grunting · snorting · vocalization · noise · sound · piggy · porcine · swine · hog

playful

silly

Frivolous or absurd

goofy · funny · teasing · joking · clowning · hamming · goofing · lighthearted · whimsical · impish

imitation

mimicked

Copied another's actions

parodied · pretended · acted · hammed · comedic

Opposites
animal vocalization type

oinkedmooed

Made cattle sounds

bleated · barked · clucked · meowed · neighed

Family

oink, oinks, oinking, oinkers, oinker

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G