oink

«oink» in Mova's school dictionary: the grunting sound a pig makes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an oink, oinks); verb (oink, oinks, oinked, oinking); interjection (oink!)

meaning for a pupil

1) An oink is the grunting sound a pig makes. tree →

2) To oink is to make that sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in farm stories, nursery rhymes and lessons on onomatopoeia.

examples

• The pig went «oink, oink». tree →
• «Oink!» said the piglet. tree →
• We heard the pigs oinking in the barn. tree →
• «Old MacDonald had a farm… with an oink oink here». tree →
• My little sister oinks when she laughs. tree →
• The piglets oinked for their food. tree →

note

Say «an oink». It is an onomatopoeia. Calling a person «oink» or «pig» is unkind.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oink» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.