piggy

«piggy» in Mova's school dictionary: a little pig (a child's word) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (piggy, piggies); adjective (piggy — like a pig)

meaning for a pupil

1) A piggy is a little pig (a child's word). tree →

2) A piggy bank is a box, often shaped like a pig, for saving coins. tree →

3) Piggy (adjective) means like a pig: piggy eyes. tree →

4) A piggyback is a ride on someone's back. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: mostly «piggy bank»: money saved, put in or taken out; saving each week gives a rate. In everyday life: saving pocket money, piggyback rides. In stories and rhymes: «This little piggy went to market» is a toe-counting rhyme.

examples

• She has 20 dollars in her piggy bank. tree →
• He puts 2 dollars in his piggy bank each week. tree →
• She took 5 dollars out of the piggy bank. tree →
• How much is in the piggy bank now? tree →
• Dad gave me a piggyback ride to bed. tree →
• «This little piggy went to market» is a game with toes. tree →
• My piggy bank is full of coins. tree →
• The baby giggled at the little piggy in the picture book. tree →
• As she was coming home, she came to a stile: but the piggy wouldn't go over the stile. tree →

note

Putting money in = add; taking out = subtract; «each week» gives a rate. Trap: the piggy bank is the container; count the money. Plural: piggies. Saving a little often adds up: 2 dollars a week for 10 weeks is 20 dollars.

In the corpora

• A piggy bank that is hard to open makes it harder to spend savings on a whim.

Trees and pragmatics

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