pig out

Definition of pig outnext
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food

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Recent Examples of pig out The parting advice from her mother (an excellent, sparingly used Ariane Labed) is to wear her glasses, read everyday, and to not pig out. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
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  • Like a hyperphagic grizzly fattening himself up before a long winter’s hibernation, baseball fans should be gorging themselves on this World Series.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The only thing that satiates Homer’s appetite is gorging on the unhoused.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Patrons return regularly to feast on distinct dishes like steak tartare pizza, bone-in pork chop, and roasted duck in the Western, log-cabin-esque dining room with a deep sense of place.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The severity of their exposure was corroborated by the short life of cats, who feasted on the factory’s omnipresent rodents.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Pig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig%20out. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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