hog (hôg, hŏg) n. Any of various mammals of the family Suidae, which includes the domesticated pig as well as wild species, such as the boar and the wart hog. A domesticated pig, especially one weighing over 54 kilograms (120 pounds). A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person. One that uses too much of something. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn. The wool from this type of sheep.
A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person. One that uses too much of something. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn. The wool from this type of sheep.
also hogg Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn. The wool from this type of sheep.
Slang A big, heavy motorcycle. v.
hogged, hog·ging, hogs
v.
tr.
Informal To take more than one's share of: Don't hog the couch. To cause (the back) to arch like that of a hog. To cut (a horse's mane) short and bristly. To shred (waste wood, for example) by machine. v.
intr. Nautical To arch upward in the middle. Used of a ship's keel.
[Middle English, from Old English hogg, possibly of Celtic origin; see sū- in Indo-European roots.] |