hog-wild

[ hawg-wahyld, hog- ]

adjective

Origin of hog-wild

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

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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 | THE DAILY BEAST
How "Joe Gardner's mule had gone plumb hog-wild when he tried to ride past the ol' ruins near th' ranch."
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
I reckon old Press deserved it—he's been running hog-wild round this town and this county too long already.
Back Home | Irvin S. Cobb
"Man went hog-wild with his new-found freedom from divine guidance," he said.
Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett
If the system had included a miniature full-color television camera, he could have gone hog wild.
The Foreign Hand Tie | Gordon Randall Garrett

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.
Hidden Gold | Wilder Anthony

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