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

The landfill, a former marsh that is separated from San Francisco Bay by an earthen levee, first became an garbage dump in 1938.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
The incredibly accomplished artist recently went viral with a photo dump from tour, and she's now done it again.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 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

The defense was organized and rebounded well from some early breakdowns on stretch running plays, and Petrino’s offense doesn’t look like the mess Freddie Kitchens’ group was last year.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
In another drawing, a Cubist mess of igloos and sandcastles lay in a heap.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of mess

Noun

McIlroy surged into the top-10 on Saturday with a 7-under 63, powered by nine birdies, including three in his final four holes.

— Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The researchers engineered an additional GaN layer that naturally creates a second sheet containing mobile holes, called a two-dimensional hole gas, or 2DHG.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of hole

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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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