hog

[ hawg, hog ]

/ hɔg, hɒg /

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noun

a hoofed mammal of the Old World family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.

a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kilograms) or more, raised for market.

a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.

Slang.

a large, heavy motorcycle.
an impressively large luxury automobile.

Also hogg, hogget .British.

a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.

Railroads Slang. a locomotive.

a machine for shredding wood.

Curling. a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.

to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.

roach³ (def. 3).

(in machine-shop practice) to cut deeply into (a metal bar or slab) to reduce it to a shape suitable for final machining.

to shred (a piece of wood).

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch.Compare sag (def. 6a).

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Idioms about hog

go the whole hog. See entry at whole hog. Also go whole hog.

live high off / on the hog, Informal. to be in prosperous circumstances.Also eat high off the hog.

Origin of hog

First recorded before 1100; Middle English hoge, Old English hogg; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh “swine”

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

hog·like, adjectiveun·hogged, adjective

Words nearby hog

Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofmannsthal, Hofstadter, Hofuf, hog, hogan, Hogarth, Hogarth chair, HO gauge, hogback

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How to use hog in a sentence

Little countered by saying the offline inspections can often include the evaluation of more hog carcasses than the traditional plants do.
Pork plants in a USDA test program had higher contamination rates than traditional plants|Kimberly Kindy|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
Whenever there was a dispute, the workers could stop the line, threatening to let the hog carcasses rot until the company resolved their grievance.
How the History of Waterloo, Iowa, Explains How Meatpacking Plants Became Hotbeds of COVID-19|by Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell|December 21, 2020|ProPublica
During a dispute, they could simply stop the line, threatening to let the hog carcasses rot until the company met their demands.
As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge|by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung|December 21, 2020|ProPublica
In fact, for decades now, there’s been a push to industrialize hog farming in China, and these technologies were an attempt to produce even more pigs at an unprecedented scale.
“He put QR-coded wristbands on each of the chickens”|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review

Data centers are energy hogs, with their cooling needs—those servers give off a lot of heat—accounting for as much as 40% of consumption.
Microsoft hails success of its undersea data center experiment—and says it could have implications on dry land, too|David Meyer|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Particularly, its stealthy coatings make it a maintenance hog.
$70 Billion Stealth Jet Finally Flies in Its First War|Dave Majumdar|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hand printed posters at the Vance Avenue Market: CHICKEN BACKS, 12½¢ lb.; HOG MAWS, 15¢: RUMPS, 19¢.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis|Stanley Booth|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tipitina's in the warm blue fog, squatting beneath a crescent moon so sharp and clean you could shave a wild hog with it.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the Bayou|John Ed Bradley|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Complacency is turned against us as the figure bending over the hog suddenly looks up … and speaks.
‘The Walking Dead’: Season 4 Premiere Reminds Us Why We Love This Show|Melissa Leon|October 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His term is up, as is Hamas's (and they continue to run hog wild in Gaza, which Abu Mazen won't dare enter).
John Kerry's Doomed Quest for Redemption|Maysoon Zayid|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The rope from his middle, a bottle of sack from his bosom, and a link of hog's puddings, pulled out of his left sleeve.
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman
There wasnt time for the Irishman to dodge; but he did spread his legs, and the angry mother-hog ran between them.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The girls, who were nearest the end of the lake, watched Patrick and the old hog in amazement.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
There is an old mother hog that has gotten quite wild, and has a litter of young ones with her that are hard to catch.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for hog

hog

/ (hɒɡ) /

noun

a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg

US and Canadian any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig

Also: hogg British dialect, Australian and NZ another name for hogget

informal a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person

nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom

nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hoggedCompare sag (def. 6)

another word for camber (def. 4)

slang, mainly US a large powerful motorcycle

go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly or unreservedlyif you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?

live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal, mainly US to have an extravagant lifestyle

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

slang to take more than one's share of

to arch (the back) like a hog

to cut (the mane) of (a horse) very short

Derived forms of hog

hogger, nounhoglike, adjective

Word Origin for hog

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hog

hog

see go hog wild; go whole hog; high off the hog; road hog.