pigstick

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To stab.

   “But if he goes (I always looked things in the face) I suppose I'll get to the Front, too, and do me best to pigstick someone in baggy breeches that I never saw or heard of before […]”

2. fiil To hunt pigs.

   “There were generally enough, however, to pigstick with, hunt jackals, or even wolves at times, and "lark" over the steeplechase course which he had constructed round the* four hundred acre indigo field that was close to the house.”

3. isim A waterjet disruptor used to disable explosive devices.

   “The pigstick was set up on the nightstand next to him, the shotgun shell held in place by a metal arm. I followed the wire to a timing device, realized I had no expertise at all to disarm it, and chose instead to simply point the contraption away from Lance.”

4. isim A staff that carries a flag or pennant above the mast of a sailboat.

   “Above the truck there is frequently a slender vertical extension of the mast, called a pigstick.”

5. isim An event or gathering at which pigs are hunted for sport.

   “I send you an account of a pigstick at which I was the other day, if you care to insert it in your Magazine.”

6. isim A stick that is used for stabbing.

   “Nellie has often begged food from her : she has seen the woman use the "pigstick" to thrash the child with, and heard cries and moans coming from the end house.”