road hog
a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.
Origin of road hog
1Other words from road hog
- road-hoggish, adjective
- road-hoggism, noun
Words Nearby road hog
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How to use road hog in a sentence
One hopes that practice with the Indian variety may help them in their chase of the Uhlan road-hog.
British Dictionary definitions for road hog
informal a selfish or aggressive driver
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Other Idioms and Phrases with road hog
A motorist whose vehicle straddles two traffic lanes, as in Stay in your own lane, you road hog! This expression uses hog in the sense of “a greedy or selfish person.” [Colloquial; late 1800s]
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