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pig dog

(surfing) A stance used for surfing tubes on one’s backhand.

ˈpɪɡ ˈdɔɡ44 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026+ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(surfing) A stance used for surfing tubes on one’s backhand. The surfer crouches low over a bent front knee, back leg extending back, outside hand holding onto the outside rail, and inside arm extended upwards touching the face of the wave as a guide (or digging in to slow down).

: Pig dogs have a have a particularly high incidence of E. granulosus and T. hydatigena compared with infections in farm gogs and [this] may be related to the eating of infected sheep carrion rather than wild pigs.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(Australia, New Zealand) A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.

Origin: In Sense 2, a . Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) explanations for Sense 3: that surfers tend to assume a dog-like expression when in this stance (page 119) or that the stance is low and sturdy like a dog (glossary page 171). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(typically in representations of German speech) A contemptible or worthless person.

1961, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology, Volume 2, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NTghAQAAIAAJ&q=%22pig+dog%22|%22pig+dogs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22pig+dog%22|%…
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