hog-wild
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hog-wild
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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And more traditional financial institutions have been careful about taking hog-wild bets on crypto the way they did on dodgy mortgage bonds in the early 2000s.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022
True Trader Joe's fans know just how scrumptious the delightfully chewy treat tastes and feels, so they go a bit hog-wild and buy two or three boxes whenever it makes its triumphant return.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2022
The hog-wild pair disrupted play by "pushing golf trolleys and bags over".
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2021
Instead, the Henry Ford doctors, like those at many other institutions, went hog-wild for hydroxychloroquine even though “there was little evidence to justify a hydroxychloroquine protocol at the outset of the pandemic,” the editorialists wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
How "Joe Gardner's mule had gone plumb hog-wild when he tried to ride past the ol' ruins near th' ranch."
From The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright
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