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# oink

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

«oink» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An oink is the grunting sound a pig makes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#m1)
2. To oink is to make that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#m2)

### In the lessons

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

### Examples

- The pig went «oink, oink». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x1)
- «Oink!» said the piglet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x2)
- We heard the pigs oinking in the barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x3)
- «Old MacDonald had a farm… with an oink oink here». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x4)
- My little sister oinks when she laughs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x5)
- The piglets oinked for their food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oink/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oink» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oink.html) on Mova free.