hog
noun
verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.
verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.
Origin of hog
Related Words for hog
swine, boar, piglet, pig, monopolize, sow, razorback, shoat, porker, piggy, warthog, epicure, gourmand, gorger, cormorantExamples from the Web for hog
Contemporary Examples of hog
Hand printed posters at the Vance Avenue Market: CHICKEN BACKS, 12½¢ lb.; HOG MAWS, 15¢: RUMPS, 19¢.
Complacency is turned against us as the figure bending over the hog suddenly looks up … and speaks.
After strolling, you can sit outside and eat oysters at Hog Island Oyster Company.
Why is the city once known as hog butcher to the world now offering a bacon martini at Moto?
Why is the city once known as hog butcher to the world now offering it a bacon martini at Moto?
Historical Examples of hog
Hang tight, now—I'm going to beat that horse to the Hog's Back.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
He just missed running into Banjo on the Hog's Back by the skin of the teeth.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
The top of the "hog's-back" had been flattened, and on it stood M'tela's palace.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Your chattel is for growing corn, not for corn in a hog's belly.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce