pork
/pɔrk/
verb
- To eat greedily or to overindulge in food (informal, often used with 'out').
- After the long hike, they porked out on pizza and ice cream.
- He tends to pork himself at holiday buffets.
- Don't pork on snacks before dinner.
noun
- Meat from a pig, used as food.
- She bought a pound of ground pork to make meatballs.
- Pork chops are a popular dish in many countries.
- We had roasted pork for Sunday dinner with vegetables.
- Government spending or projects that benefit a specific area or group, often to gain political support (also called pork barrel).
- The senator added pork to the bill to fund a bridge in his home state.
- Critics said the new law was full of pork for special interests.
- Many voters dislike pork because it wastes taxpayer money.