boar
nounUK /bɔː(ɹ)/ · US /boɹ/
Etymology From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.
1
A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- And drivers on local roads have encountered traveling boars, which can run at up to 30 miles an hour, according to one local resident, who said a friend’s car collided with a 132-pound animal, totaling the vehicle, as well as killing the boar.2024 August 24, Stephen Castle, “The Loch Ness Monster Has Company in the Neighborhood: Wild Boars”, in The New York Times:
2
A male pig.
- "Bull hogs," or boars, which are uncastrated male pigs, tend to have a dark, gamy flesh not appreciated by everyone.2000 May 24, Jon Nordheimer, “Hunting for Pigs, And Florida's Past”, in The New York Times:
3
A male boar (sense 1).
4
A male bear.
5
A male guinea pig.
- Derived terms
- barling, boarfish, boarhide, boar hog, boarhound, boarish, boarlike, boar-spear, boar taint, hedgy-boar, herd boar, monster boar, useless as tits on a boar hog, wereboar, wild boar
- Coordinate terms
- sow