Thesaurus results for PIGPEN

pigpen

noun

ˈpig-ˌpen

Definition of pigpen

as in dump

a dirty or messy place your room is a pigpen—so clean it up!

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Recent Examples of pigpen Rainn Wilson, the actor who portrayed him, has a pigpen. — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026 Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen. — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022 Now on the same day Zuck had cleaned out the pigpen, and luckily was still wearing high boots. — Longreads, 22 May 2017

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Noun

Last fall, Shields appeared alongside both Grier and Rowan in a Thanksgiving photo dump.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
But that will be only the second-biggest dump of SpaceX’s week.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of dump

Noun

De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence.

— Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

Definition of pigsty

Noun

Instead of slicing and dicing the zucchini, grate it on the large holes of a box grater or the grater attachment of a food processor.

— Kate Williams, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Naughton said as students arrived for the meetup at the school’s blacktop, the district began filling in a hole on the blacktop from a tree that had been removed earlier in the summer.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of hole

Noun

The result leaves nearly every performer fumbling for traction in Serkis and Stoller’s muddy-yet-gutless cinematic sty.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
In 1981, he was elected mayor, if not quite the Zohran Mamdani of the Reagan revolution (Mamdani won by two hundred thousand votes, not ten), then at least a sty in the Gipper’s eye.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

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