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pig

Pronunciation: /piɡ/

“pig” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. spike
  2. barb
  3. spine, quill (a needle-like structure)
  4. prickle (a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)

Etymology

From Old Norse pík, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, *pikkaz, cognate with English pike. Doublet of pik.

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