Farm Animals Vocabulary

5 words in this vocabulary list

barnyard piglet swine hee-haw mad as a wet hen

barnyard

noun a yard adjoining a barn, typically containing farm animals

adjective relating to a barn or farmyard

  • The farmer walked through the barnyard to check on the livestock.
  • We spent the afternoon playing games in the barnyard.
  • I heard there's a barnyard party happening this weekend.
  • The city streets were so crowded, it felt like a barnyard at feeding time.

piglet

noun a young pig

  • The piglet was born in the spring and quickly grew into a healthy young pig.
  • I saw the cutest little piglet at the farm yesterday!
  • That piglet is so tiny, it's like a little bacon bit!
  • She was the piglet of the group, always following others around and never taking the lead.

swine

noun a contemptible person

  • The farm raised swine for their meat production.
  • I heard that the swine at the petting zoo are really friendly.
  • Those swine are causing a ruckus in the barnyard again.
  • The corrupt politicians were referred to as swine by the angry protestors.

hee-haw

noun the sound made by a donkey

verb to make the sound of a donkey

  • The donkey let out a loud hee-haw as it trotted through the farm.
  • I couldn't help but laugh at the hee-haw sound coming from the donkey.
  • The donkey's hee-haw was so loud, it startled the other animals in the barn.
  • The comedian's joke was met with a hee-haw of laughter from the audience.

mad as a wet hen

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite

  • She was as mad as a wet hen when she found out about the mistake.
  • My mom was mad as a wet hen when she saw the mess we made in the kitchen.
  • She was as mad as a wet hen when she caught her boyfriend cheating on her.
  • The teacher was mad as a wet hen when the students kept talking during the lesson.