pig-out

[ pig-out ]
/ ˈpɪgˌaʊt /

noun Slang.

an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.

Origin of pig-out

First recorded in 1975–80; noun use of verb phrase pig out

Definition for pig out (2 of 2)

Origin of pig

1
1175–1225; Middle English pigge young pig, with doubled consonant appropriate to terms for smaller animals (cf. dog, frog1) but with no obvious relations; almost certainly not akin to Low German, Dutch big(ge), Middle Dutch vigghe young pig, which involve further obscurities; if Danish pige, Swedish piga maid, young girl are compared, perhaps < ON word meaning “young, small,” applied in Scand to girls but in OE to swine

British Dictionary definitions for pig out (1 of 2)

pig out

verb

(intr, adverb) slang to gorge oneself

British Dictionary definitions for pig out (2 of 2)

pig
/ (pɪɡ) /

noun

verb pigs, pigging or pigged

See also pig out

Word Origin for pig

C13 pigge, of obscure origin

Idioms and Phrases with pig out (1 of 2)

pig out

Eat ravenously, gorge oneself, as in The kids pigged out on the candy they had collected on Halloween. [Slang; early 1970s]

Idioms and Phrases with pig out (2 of 2)

pig