hog

[ hawg, hog ]

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. Also hogg, . British.
   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.

verb (used with object)

, hogged, hog·ging.

1. to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.
2. to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.
3. roach ³( def 3 ).
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, hog·ging.

1. Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag ( def 6a ).

hog

/ 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. See hogget
   dialect.
   Alsohogg another name for hogget
4. informal.
   a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person
5. nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom
6. See sag
   nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag
7. See camber
   another word for camber
8. slang.
   a large powerful motorcycle
9. go the whole hog informal.
   go the whole hog to do something thoroughly or unreservedly

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

10. live high on the hog informal.
    live high on the hoglive high off the hog to have an extravagant lifestyle

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

Derived Forms

• ˈhogger, noun
• ˈhogˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• hog·like adjective
• un·hogged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog¹

First recorded before 1100; Middle English hoge, Old English hogg; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh “swine”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog¹

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

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

More idioms and phrases containing hog

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

Example Sentences

Little countered by saying the offline inspections can often include the evaluation of more hog carcasses than the traditional plants do.

From Washington Post

Whenever there was a dispute, the workers could stop the line, threatening to let the hog carcasses rot until the company resolved their grievance.

From ProPublica

During a dispute, they could simply stop the line, threatening to let the hog carcasses rot until the company met their demands.

From ProPublica

In fact, for decades now, there’s been a push to industrialize hog farming in China, and these technologies were an attempt to produce even more pigs at an unprecedented scale.

From MIT Technology Review

Data centers are energy hogs, with their cooling needs—those servers give off a lot of heat—accounting for as much as 40% of consumption.

From Fortune

Particularly, its stealthy coatings make it a maintenance hog.

From The Daily Beast

Hand­ printed posters at the Vance Avenue Market: CHICKEN BACKS, 12½¢ lb.; HOG MAWS, 15¢: RUMPS, 19¢.

From The Daily Beast

Tipitina's in the warm blue fog, squatting beneath a crescent moon so sharp and clean you could shave a wild hog with it.

From The Daily Beast

Complacency is turned against us as the figure bending over the hog suddenly looks up … and speaks.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

His duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"

From Project Gutenberg

The rope from his middle, a bottle of sack from his bosom, and a link of hog's puddings, pulled out of his left sleeve.

From Project Gutenberg

There wasnt time for the Irishman to dodge; but he did spread his legs, and the angry mother-hog ran between them.

From Project Gutenberg

The girls, who were nearest the end of the lake, watched Patrick and the old hog in amazement.

From Project Gutenberg

There is an old mother hog that has gotten quite wild, and has a litter of young ones with her that are hard to catch.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• boar
• pig
• piglet
• swine