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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pɔː(ɹ).ki/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-porky.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔː(ɹ)ki|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{suffix|en|pork|y}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|er}}

# Resembling or characteristic of [[pork]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Victor J. Banis|title=The Blood of Love|page=113
|passage=It was tender and delicious, with a kind of '''porky''' taste you didn't often get from supermarket meats.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} Rather fat; [[chubby]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1989|author=Grant Naylor|title=Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers|passage=In front of Lister a small red-haired man, with a '''porky''' roll of flesh above his towel-top, was examining a line of girls.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|rather fat}} {{l|en|chubby}}, {{l|en|chunky}}, {{l|en|tubby}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|porky pie}}

=====Related terms=====
{{col-auto|en
|porker
|pork pie
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|rather fat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|дебел}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tanakka}}, {{t+|fi|pullea}}, {{t+|fi|pulska}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|παχύς}}, {{t+|el|χοντρός}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|småfet}}, {{t|nb|trivelig}} {{qualifier|euphemism}}, {{t|nb|stutttjukk}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|откормленный|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|fläskig}}, {{t+|sv|knubbig}}, {{t+|sv|rundnätt}}, {{t+|sv|småfet}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun|?}}

# {{tlb|en|MLE|slang}} {{infl of|en|pork||sgl|t=law enforcement}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping of|en|pork pie}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Cockney rhyming slang}} A [[lie]].
#: {{syn|en|porker|porky pie}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|title=Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks |author=Christopher Brookmyre |page=203 |ISBN=9780349118819 |passage=When she turned up at the lab, she gave us a sprawling prepared presentation relying heavily on anecdotal evidence, where it wasn't relying on skewed statistics, unfounded claims and outright '''porkies'''.  }}
# {{lb|en|Cockney rhyming slang|in the plural}} An [[eye]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Jeremy Cameron|title=Brown Bred in Wengen|passage=Fucked if I know, I never even clapped my little '''porkies''' on him before.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{clipping|en|porcupine}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|informal|childish}} A [[porcupine]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Forest and Stream|year=1929|page=58|passage=The irate Ranger killed thirteen porcupines chewing away on his front porch, and still they came, the salt proving an irresistible lure. In this same district a '''porky''' pulled the most impudent stunt of all.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Warner Shedd|chapter=A “Pig,” Perhaps, but Not a Hog: The Porcupine|title=Owls Aren’t Wise & Bats Aren’t Blind: A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies About Wildlife|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Three Rivers Press|year=2000|page=52|passage=Although porcupines lack the ability to throw their quills, they do have the capacity to raise and lower them at will. When threatened, a '''porky''' elevates its quills so that it bristles like some sort of mammalian cactus with giant spines.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Ron Paliskis|chapter=The Beasts at the lake|title=Ron: A Coke Alley Boy|location=Pittsburgh, Pa.|publisher=[[w:Dorrance Publishing Company|Dorrance Publishing Co]]|year=2021|section=section “Porcupines”|page=59|isbn=978-1-6495-7026-0|passage=He snarled, and the '''porky''' looked to be running away but swung his tail and put about twenty-five quills in the side of our dog’s face.}}

{{c|en|Caviomorphs|Eye|Obesity|Phiomorphs|Lying}}