hog

American  

[hawg, hog] / hɔg, hɒg /

noun

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

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

3. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.

4. Slang.

   1. a large, heavy motorcycle.

   2. an impressively large luxury automobile.

5. British. Also hogg,

   1. a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.

   2. the wool shorn from such a sheep.

   3. any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.

6. Railroads Slang. a locomotive.

7. a machine for shredding wood.

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

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verb (used with object)

hogged, hogging

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

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

3. roach.

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

5. to shred (a piece of wood).

verb (used without object)

hogged, hogging

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

idioms

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

2. go the whole hog. whole hog. Also go whole hog.

hog British  

/ hɒɡ /

noun

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

2. any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig

3. Also: hogg.  dialect another name for hogget

4. informal a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person

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

6. nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag

7. another word for camber

8. slang a large powerful motorcycle

9. informal to do something thoroughly or unreservedly

   if you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?

10. informal to have an extravagant lifestyle

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verb

1. slang to take more than one's share of

2. to arch (the back) like a hog

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

hog More Idioms  

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

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Other Word Forms

• hogger noun
• hoglike adjective
• unhogged adjective

Etymology

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”

Example Sentences

Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.

From Literature

It’s a technical distinction that separates them from 1,000-pound commercial hogs but offers little comfort to a suburban homeowner expecting a permanent lap pet.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet Carrick was not about to hog the limelight as he attended a family event alongside, among others, close friend Chris Hood.

From BBC

While the headlines for markets are currently hogged by events in the Middle East, over the longer term AI-induced inflation might prove to be the more critical share-price driver.

From MarketWatch

Abroad, successive Iranian presidents have often hogged the limelight.

From BBC

Related Words

• boar
• pig
• piglet
• swine