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pigging

/ˈpɪɡɪŋ/

piggingnoun

piggings

Translations

очистка

The pigging of the pipeline was necessary to clean it.

Очистка трубопровода была необходима для его очистки.

Additional translations

свинство

Definitions

The process of cleaning or inspecting a pipeline using a device known as a 'pig'.

The oil company scheduled regular pigging to ensure the pipeline remained free of blockages.

Synonyms

pigging run

pipeline cleaning

pig run

pigging operation

pipeline maintenance

in-line inspection

PIG run

pipeline pigging procedure

piggingadjective

/ˈpɪɡɪŋ/

Used attributively for equipment, operations etc. connected with pipeline pigging; occasionally as a mild expletive intensifier before nouns.

Definitions

Relating to or involved in the process of cleaning or inspecting a pipeline with a pig.

The plant added a pigging section and installed new pigging valves.

Synonyms

piggingadverb

Chiefly UK informal: mild expletive intensifier equivalent to ‘damn’ or ‘bloody’.

Definitions

Used as a mild expletive intensifier.

It’s pigging freezing out here!

pignoun

Definitions

A domesticated animal with a stout body, short legs, and a snout, raised for its meat.

The farmer raised pigs for their meat and sold them at the local market.

A person regarded as unpleasantly greedy, dirty, or gluttonous.

He never cleaned up after himself and ate everyone else's food—what a pig.

A block of metal, typically iron or lead, that is cast in a shape suitable for handling or further processing.

The foundry produced several pigs of iron to be used in manufacturing.

Slang, usually derogatory: a police officer.

The protesters chanted slogans against the pigs patrolling the street.

A cylindrical or bullet-shaped device inserted into a pipeline to clean, inspect, or separate fluids within it.

Engineers sent a pig through the pipeline to remove built-up sludge.

pigverb

pigging

Gerund

pigged

Past Simple

pigged

Past Participle

pigging

Gerund

/pɪɡ/

Translations

обжираться

He tends to pig out on pizza every Friday night.

Он склонен обжираться пиццей каждую пятницу вечером.

Additional translations

растирать носом в землю

Definitions

To eat greedily or to excess.

He pigged out on pizza and ice cream at the party.

To crowd together closely.

Fans pigged into the small venue until there was barely room to breathe.

(of a sow) To give birth to piglets; farrow.

The sow pigged during the night, delivering a healthy litter.

To send a pig through a pipeline for cleaning, inspection, or separation purposes.

The maintenance crew pigged the pipeline after the annual shutdown.

Synonyms

pigadjective

Definitions

Relating to, consisting of, or intended for pigs.

The farmer built a new pig shed to house the sows.

(informal, chiefly British) Used as an intensifier before another adjective to mean complete or absolute.

She felt pig sick when she heard the news.