hog
noun
a hoofed mammal of the Old World family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
hogs
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pluralof hog.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof hog (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
hognouna hoofed mammal of the Old World family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
Example Sentences
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AI data centers, like crypto miners before them, are energy hogs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company said the plant will source about all of its hogs from nearby farmers in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
For example, non-native feral hogs are now major predators of loggerhead sea turtle eggs along the Georgia coast, USA, while coyotes in eastern North America are expanding onto coastal barrier islands, altering those ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2026
Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna, meanwhile, hogs the spotlight during We Pray, hitting some quite extraordinary high notes.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
In the fall, some years, there was a lot of pigs and hogs for butchering.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
