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hog-wild

[ hawg-wahyld, hog- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

His term is up, as is Hamas's (and they continue to run hog wild in Gaza, which Abu Mazen won't dare enter).

How "Joe Gardner's mule had gone plumb hog-wild when he tried to ride past the ol' ruins near th' ranch."

I reckon old Press deserved it—he's been running hog-wild round this town and this county too long already.

"Man went hog-wild with his new-found freedom from divine guidance," he said.

If the system had included a miniature full-color television camera, he could have gone hog wild.

But there's goin' to be some fightin' sure as taxes, and when I get to fightin', I'm liable to go plumb, hog wild.

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