hog

[ hawg, hog ]

/ hɔg, hɒg /

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noun

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

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

a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.

Slang.

a large, heavy motorcycle.
an impressively large luxury automobile.

Also hogg, hogget .British.

a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.

Railroads Slang. a locomotive.

a machine for shredding wood.

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

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

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

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

roach³ (def. 3).

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

to shred (a piece of wood).

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

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

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Idioms about hog

go the whole hog. See entry at whole hog. Also go whole hog.

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

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”

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

hog·like, adjectiveun·hogged, adjective

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How to use hog in a sentence

Another group date, a roast, featured the other men ripping into Moss for being an attention hog.
‘The Bachelorette’ implodes as the star leaves the show: A guide to a chaotic episode|Emily Yahr, Lisa Bonos|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
Because they knew even as they succeeded in hogging the spotlight people were snickering at them.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage|Arthur Chu|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now a particularly ugly strand of this phenomenon, Native American appropriation, is hogging the spotlight.
Pharrell, Harry Styles, and Native American Appropriation|Amy Zimmerman|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not that David Macklovitch (aka Dave 1, aka the tall, skinny, Jewish one) is hogging credit for this.
Chromeo’s Dave 1 on ‘White Women’ and Bringing Back the Funk|Melissa Leon|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Once denounced by McCain as ‘wacko birds’ hogging the spotlight, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are soaring.
Ted Cruz Might Just Have Won the Future for the GOP|Nick Gillespie|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Every American, and every camera-hogging legal pundit, is entitled to an opinion about the case.
The Media’s Casey Anthony Shame|Howard Kurtz|July 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I know I had many faults as a room-mate, but I believe my habit of selfishly hogging the bathroom was the worst.
Vacation with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
The fact still remains that Epsilon had better be habitable or Pan-Asia will scream we're hogging it.
Competition|James Causey
This is known as the "hogging down" method of harvesting corn.
North Dakota|Various
"I think the way you two fellows are hogging the Ys and captaincies around here is disgraceful," complained the Codfish one night.
Frank Armstrong at College|Matthew M. Colton
To bend or give way from heavy weight; to press down towards the middle; the opposite of hogging.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for hog

hog

/ (hɒɡ) /

noun

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

US and Canadian any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig

Also: hogg British dialect, Australian and NZ another name for hogget

informal a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person

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

nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hoggedCompare sag (def. 6)

another word for camber (def. 4)

slang, mainly US a large powerful motorcycle

go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly or unreservedlyif you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?

live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal, mainly US to have an extravagant lifestyle

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

slang to take more than one's share of

to arch (the back) like a hog

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

Derived forms of hog

hogger, nounhoglike, adjective

Word Origin for hog

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hog

hog

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