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DictionaryoinkPiglike grunt
interjection / noun / verb

oink

OYNK/ɔɪŋk/

A grunting sound made by or imitating a pig.

The pig lets out a loud oink when it sees food.

A relaxed pig audibly grunting, with a slightly open mouth and a few small, uncontained sound strokes beside its snout, represents the familiar pig sound rather than merely identifying the animal.
Etymology

Oink imitates a pig’s noise rather than deriving from a word with a separate literal meaning. As an interjection, it represents that sound directly.

In context

Max the Meat Guy26:39
Oink oink oink oink like they're like squeaking. Yeah. Yeah, that's it. An actual pig sounds like this.
I Cooked EVERY Animal’s Brisket

More examples

  • “Oink, oink!” she says, pretending to be a pig.
  • The piglet oinks as it follows its mother.
  • We hear a few soft oinks from the pen.

Forms

oink · oinks · oinked · oinking

Similar words

grunt
A low, rough sound, not necessarily made by a pig.
snort
A sharp nasal sound rather than a piglike grunt.